Leopold III. der Fromme, Herzog Leopold III. von Österreich, Statue, Statuette, Terracotta
In the early 17th century Archduke Maximilian III commissioned a series of statuettes that shows the princely members of the house of Austria with their wives and also Saint George, the patron saint of the family. The line of the Habsburgs begins with King Rudolf I (1218–1291) and ends with Emperor Rudolf II (1552–1612). The model for the statuettes were the bronze statues surrounding the cenotaph of Emperor Maximilian I in the Hofkirche Innsbruck and two historiographic works produced at the behest of Archduke Ferdinand II: the Imagines Gentis and the Tirolensium Principum.
In the early 17th century Archduke Maximilian III commissioned a series of statuettes that shows the princely members of the house of Austria with their wives and also Saint George, the patron saint of the family. The line of the Habsburgs begins with King Rudolf I (1218–1291) and ends with Emperor Rudolf II (1552–1612). The model for the statuettes were the bronze statues surrounding the cenotaph of Emperor Maximilian I in the Hofkirche Innsbruck and two historiographic works produced at the behest of Archduke Ferdinand II: the Imagines Gentis and the Tirolensium Principum.
Depiction/Person:
Herzog Leopold III. Sohn von Albrecht II. von Habsburg (1351 - 1386) DNB
Time:
um 1600
Object Name
Statue, Statuette, Leopold III. von Österreich, Leopold III. der Fromme
Culture
Süddeutsch, Augsburg (?)
Material/technology:
Ton, bronziert, Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. 57 cm
Copyright
Schloss Ambras Innsbruck
Invs.
Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, PA 231
Provenance
Inventar 1730, fol. 168’-171’