Archduke Charles, later Emperor Charles VI
1695 | Paul Strudel
Paul Strudel created this series of busts for Leopold I’s brother-in-law, Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, and his residence in Düsseldorf. The result so completely met the imperial conceptions of dynastic representation, however, that Leopold I acquired these five busts himself and only had that of the Elector sent to Düsseldorf. Paul Strudel was named court sculptor shortly thereafter.
Paul Strudel created this series of busts for Leopold I’s brother-in-law, Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, and his residence in Düsseldorf. The result so completely met the imperial conceptions of dynastic representation, however, that Leopold I acquired these five busts himself and only had that of the Elector sent to Düsseldorf. Paul Strudel was named court sculptor shortly thereafter.
Artist:
Paul Strudel (1648 Cles - 1708 Wien) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Karl VI. (1711-1740), Kaiser (1685 - 1740) DNB
Time:
1695
Object Name
portrait head; bust
Culture
Vienna
Material/technology:
Marble
Dimensions:
66 cm × 60 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 5469