Backgammon Board and Gaming Pieces
dated 1537, Artist: Hans Kels d. Ä. , Schnitzerei
Backgammon Board and Gaming Pieces
The elaborate and complex pictorial program of this game board propagates the dynastic and territorial claims of the House of Habsburg. The mounted brothers, Charles V and Ferdinand I, at the centre of the composition are framed by portraits of ancestors and relatives, Roman emperors and ancient rulers, and the arms of their realms. The gaming pieces depict literary scenes.
Object data
Object Name
Game; Game board
Culture
Kaufbeuren
Dated
dated 1537
Artist
Hans Kels d. Ä. , Schnitzerei (um 1480 Kaufbeuren - 1559/60 Kaufbeuren) - GND
Workshop
Jörg Breu d. Ä. , Entwurf (um 1475 - 1537 Augsburg) - GND
Attributed to
Georg Hörmann , Konzept (1491 - 1552) - GND
Material
Oak, nut wood, rosewood, palisander, mahogany, bronze
Dimensions
H. 56 cm, B. 56 cm
Signed
HANS KELS ZV KAVFBEIREN
Inscribed
Inschriften um die Medaillons; AF
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer
Inv. No.
Kunstkammer, 3419
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