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Maximilian II. (1527-1576) und seine Gemahlin Maria von Spanien (1528-1603) und seine Kinder Anna (1549-1580), Rudolf (1552-1612) und Ernst (1553-1595)

um 1563 nach einer Vorlage von 1553/54, Attributed to: Giuseppe Arcimboldo

 

 

Maximilian II. (1527-1576) und seine Gemahlin Maria von Spanien (1528-1603) und seine Kinder Anna (1549-1580), Rudolf (1552-1612) und Ernst (1553-1595)

Maximilian (1527-1576) was the eldest son of emperor Ferdinand I. and Anna of Hungary. In 1548 he married his cousin Maria. Her father Karl V made him governor of Spain. He inherited Bohemia, Hungary and the Austrian countries. In 1564 he was crowned Roman Emperor. Maximilian is shown together with his wife Maria of Spain (1528 - 1603) and his children Anna (1549 - 1580), Rudolf (1552 - 1612) and in the cradle Ernst (1553 -1595).

It is quite clear that the painter Arcimboldo settled down in Vienna in 1563. If the attribution to Arcimboldo rightly exists, he worked with models. According to technical research the painter used a kind of templates. Moreover there are single portraits of Maria, Anna and Maximilian II left.

Location: Schloss Ambras Innsbruck

Object data

Object Name

Gemälde

Culture

Italienisch, Lombardisch

Dated

um 1563 nach einer Vorlage von 1553/54

Attributed to

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 - 1593 Mailand) - GND

Dimensions

240 × 188 cm

250 × 202,5 × 6 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 3448

Provenance

Alter kaiserlicher Besitz; 1758 aus der Schatzkammer in das k.k. geheime Hausarchiv übergeben; Galeriedepot;

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