Emperor Leopold I as Victor over his Enemies
ca. 1690/93 | Matthias Steinl
High on his horse, Leopold I leaps over a toppled Ottoman warrior. The imaginary battlefield is sown with Turkish and French trophies. Together with its pendant, an equestrian portrait of Joseph I, this work forms a propagandistic double memorial, which portrayed in the imperial treasury the preeminent position of the house of Habsburg as a major European power.
High on his horse, Leopold I leaps over a toppled Ottoman warrior. The imaginary battlefield is sown with Turkish and French trophies. Together with its pendant, an equestrian portrait of Joseph I, this work forms a propagandistic double memorial, which portrayed in the imperial treasury the preeminent position of the house of Habsburg as a major European power.
Artist:
Matthias Steinl (1643/44 Mattsee/Salzburg ? - 1727 Wien) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Leopold I. (1658-1705), Kaiser (1640 - 1705) DNB
Time:
ca. 1690/93
Object Name
Statuette; ivory carving
Culture
Vienna
Material/technology:
Ivory
Dimensions:
74 cm × 52 cm × 30,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 4662