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King Joseph I as Victor over the Furor

dated 1693, Artist: Matthias Steinl

 

 

King Joseph I as Victor over the Furor

For the election of his son Joseph I as the imperial successor (1690), Emperor Leopold I commissioned two ivory equestrian statues. The statuette with Joseph I shows the youth as the bringer of peace, trampling the figure of the horrors of war. In his double memorial, Steinl created a unique masterwork of Baroque ivory carving with regard to form, technique and content.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer Wien Raum XX

Object data

Object Name

Statuette; ivory carving

Culture

Vienna

Dated

dated 1693

Artist

Matthias Steinl (1643/44 Mattsee/Salzburg ? - 1727 Wien) - GND

Material

Ivory

Dimensions

71 cm × 56 cm × 28 cm

Signed

M. Steinle 1693

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer

Inv. No.

Kunstkammer, 4663

Depiction/Person

100 Meisterwerke - König Joseph I. als Sieger über den Furor - Matthias Steinl

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