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Georgsaltar

vor 1519 | Sebald Bocksdorfer

The St George’s Altar was made at the behest of Emperor Maximilian I. St George was the ideal of Christian knighthood and a symbol of Maximilian’s plans for a grand crusade. Maximilian not only patronized the Knightly Order of St George that his father had instituted, but also himself created a Brotherhood of St George. The altar wings are adorned by images of saints, notably of St Agathius and St Sebastian, whose pictures are at the same time veiled portraits of Maximilian’s grandsons Charles V and Ferdinand I. The escutcheons point to the Emperor’s extensive political and territorial claims, which reached as far as Portugal, England and Naples.

The St George’s Altar was made at the behest of Emperor Maximilian I. St George was the ideal of Christian knighthood and a symbol of Maximilian’s plans for a grand crusade. Maximilian not only patronized the Knightly Order of St George that his father had instituted, but also himself created a Brotherhood of St George. The altar wings are adorned by images of saints, notably of St Agathius and St Sebastian, whose pictures are at the same time veiled portraits of Maximilian’s grandsons Charles V and Ferdinand I. The escutcheons point to the Emperor’s extensive political and territorial claims, which reached as far as Portugal, England and Naples.

Artist:
Sebald Bocksdorfer (gest. 1519 in Innsbruck) DNB

Time:
vor 1519

Object Name
Altar

Culture
Tirol

Material/technology:
Zirbelholz

Dimensions:
bei geöffneten Flügeln: H. 223 cm, B. 196,5 cm
Schrein: H. 154cm, B. 95 cm
Sockel: H. 69 cm

Copyright
Schloss Ambras Innsbruck

Invs.
Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, PA 212

Provenance
Der Altar befand sich ursprünglich in der von Erzherzog Sigismund um 1464-65 erbauten St.Georgs-Kapelle im Schloßpark, die 1777 aufgelassen wurde

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