Cabinet of Emperor Ferdinand III
dated 1638 | Hans Fend
With their shell cameo decoration, the golden chain and the table cabinet depict a continuity of rule that places Ferdinand III in the line of princes of the Habsburg house and that of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. His legitimation is thus visually traced on the long “chain” of ancestors and predecessors in office. On the cabinet, personifications of virtue and the crowning figure refer additionally to emperor and empire.
With their shell cameo decoration, the golden chain and the table cabinet depict a continuity of rule that places Ferdinand III in the line of princes of the Habsburg house and that of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. His legitimation is thus visually traced on the long “chain” of ancestors and predecessors in office. On the cabinet, personifications of virtue and the crowning figure refer additionally to emperor and empire.
Artist:
Hans Fend , Montierung (um 1575 Augsburg - 1641 Augsburg)
Depiction/Person:
Ferdinand II. (1617-1637), ab 1619 Kaiser, ab 1617 König von Böhmen, ab 1618 König von Ungarn (1578 - 1637) DNB
Time:
dated 1638
Object Name
Furniture; cabinet; cameos
Culture
Augsburg and Nuremberg
Material/technology:
Ebony, cherry, oak, spruce, partially gilded silver, ivory, shell cameos
Dimensions:
H. 97,5 cm, B. 77,5 cm, T. 52,5 cm
Inscribed
"PIETATE ET IVSTITIA"; "FERDINANDUS III D G ROM IMP SEMB AVG GERMAN HVNGAR BOHEM REX ARCHIDVX A"; "FERDINADVS II D G ROM IMP SEMB AVG GERMAN HVNGAR BOHEM REX ARCHIDVX A"
Stamp / markings
EBEN; Augsburger Pyr (SEL 50); HF; Nürnberger Beschau (BZ15a); R 3, Nr.3882
Seling 2007: MZ 1256a, BZ 0459
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 3396
Browse more
Similar items you might be interested in
Riefelharnisch, Riefelküriss: Fluted field armour Johann Friedrich I. (1532-1547), Kurfürst von Sachsen Dated 1530
“Joking Couple”, Self-Portrait of the Artist with his Wife Hans von Aachen around 1596
Leopold V. (1619-1632), Erzherzog und Graf von Tirol, Bischof von Passau und Straßburg 1628
Hans Becher d. Ä. Plattnerarbeiten spätes 16. Jahrhundert, Ätzung datiert 1618, tlw. Ergänzungen
Langes Faustrohr mit Radschloss; Radschlosspistole (mit Ladestock) J. Löwy, K. und K. Hof-Photograph, Kunst- und Verlagsanstalt (Wien) 1892
Halber Fußknechtharnisch; Feldküriss J. Löwy, K. und K. Hof-Photograph, Kunst- und Verlagsanstalt (Wien) 1892
Johann Friedrich I. (1532-1547), Kurfürst von Sachsen datiert 1530
