The Gugelmann Collection (Schweizer Kleinmeister)

Since 1982, the Swiss National Library (NL) has been home to the Gugelmann Collection, a large group of works by the Schweizer Kleinmeister - Swiss 18th century masters - assembled by Annemarie Gugelmann and her brother Rudolf. It is one of the most valuable donations the NL has ever received. With the rise of the classic "grand tour" among the European nobility in the 17th century and - mainly from the mid-18th century onwards - the upper middle classes, the Schweizer Kleinmeister began producing drawings, watercolours and oil paintings that captured Swiss landscapes and characteristic genre scenes. The work of the Schweizer Kleinmeister from the mid-18th to mid-19th century offers a rich insight into the landscape and culture of Switzerland at the time. It is therefore of continuing relevance today, both for art and cultural history and for the natural sciences. As those artworks were sold to travellers passing through Switzerland, their dissemination throughout Europe shaped the typical image of Switzerland that abides to this day. The original Gugelmann Collection comprised some 1,600 individual prints, 130 albums and series of plates, over 130 books with original prints and a small number of oil paintings of select quality that ideally complemented the NL's own holdings. This unique collection is continually being expanded with significant new acquisitions, and constitutes the essential core of Swiss iconography. The Gugelmann Collection has been catalogued in the HelveticArchives database. Pictures in high-resolution are available on Wikimedia Commons.自1982年起，古格尔曼馆藏（Gugelmann Collection）便入藏瑞士国家图书馆（Swiss National Library, 简称NL），该馆藏由安妮玛丽·古格尔曼与其兄弟鲁道夫·古格尔曼征集汇编，囊括了瑞士小画派（Schweizer Kleinmeister，即18世纪瑞士绘画大师群体）的大量作品，是瑞士国家图书馆迄今收到的最珍贵捐赠之一。17世纪，欧洲贵族阶层兴起经典壮游（Grand Tour）传统，自18世纪中期起，该风潮更在上层中产阶层中盛行，在此背景下，瑞士小画派开始创作素描、水彩画与油画作品，用以描绘瑞士自然风光与典型风俗场景。18世纪中期至19世纪中期的瑞士小画派作品，详实展现了彼时瑞士的自然风貌与社会文化，时至今日，其对于艺术史、文化史乃至自然科学研究仍具有重要价值。由于这些作品多售予途经瑞士的旅行者，它们在欧洲各地的传播，塑造了至今仍广为流传的瑞士经典形象。古格尔曼馆藏最初包含约1600幅单幅版画、130部相册及版画系列、逾130部收录原版版画的书籍，以及少量精选优质油画，完美补充了瑞士国家图书馆的自有馆藏。这一独特馆藏持续通过重要新入藏藏品进行扩充，是瑞士图像志研究的核心馆藏。目前，古格尔曼馆藏已在HelveticArchives数据库中完成编目，其高清图像可于维基共享资源（Wikimedia Commons）平台获取。