Game Board and Pieces for Mill, Draughts and Backgammon
ca. 1575/77 | Hans Repfl
This game board and its pieces, richly decorated with wooden intarsia and zinc inlay, present Archduke Ferdinand II as sovereign of Tyrol and its environs and member of the House of Habsburg. The dynastic-genealogical and political program is linked to cosmological aspects through reliefs with celestial gods on the interior of the board.
This game board and its pieces, richly decorated with wooden intarsia and zinc inlay, present Archduke Ferdinand II as sovereign of Tyrol and its environs and member of the House of Habsburg. The dynastic-genealogical and political program is linked to cosmological aspects through reliefs with celestial gods on the interior of the board.
Artist:
Hans Repfl (tätig in Innsbruck 2. Hälfte 16. Jahrhundert)
Time:
ca. 1575/77
Object Name
Game; Gaming Pieces
Culture
Innsbruck
Material/technology:
Wood, zinc
Dimensions:
D. 5,2 cm
Signed
HANS REPFL . 1 . 5 . 7 . 7. (RS)
Inscribed
"LEOPOLTVS . ERCZHERCZOG . IN. OSTERREICH . DES. NAMENS DER. 5. GENAND . DER . HOFERTIG . IST. GESTORBEN . ON . KINDT . 1 . 4 . OO." (VS)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 3880