Emperor Leopold I with His Family
dated 1703 | Charles Boit
Numerous works entered the treasury under Leopold I that served the glorification of his imperial majesty. The amber reliefs with their program of encomium are fragments from an otherwise lost throne which Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg gave Leopold I in 1678 for his sovereign jubilee. Cameos and works of ivory and goldsmithing similarly portrayed the greatness and deeds of the emperor.
Numerous works entered the treasury under Leopold I that served the glorification of his imperial majesty. The amber reliefs with their program of encomium are fragments from an otherwise lost throne which Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg gave Leopold I in 1678 for his sovereign jubilee. Cameos and works of ivory and goldsmithing similarly portrayed the greatness and deeds of the emperor.
Artist:
Charles Boit (1663 - 1727) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Leopold I. (1658-1705), Kaiser (1640 - 1705) DNB
Time:
dated 1703
Object Name
plate; enamel painting
Culture
Vienna
Material/technology:
Copper, enamel
Dimensions:
H. 38,5 cm, B. 47,6 cm
Signed
Carolus Boit ad vivum pinxit anno 1703
Inscribed
"Consilio resecat LEOPOLDI Industria nodum Sectoq nodo solvit Europa jugum"; "Nodum Qui solvet Victor Dominabitur Orbi"
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 3242
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