Backgammon Board and Gaming Pieces
dated 1537 | Hans Kels d. Ä.
The elaborate and complex pictorial program of this game board propagates the dynastic and territorial claims of the House of Habsburg. The mounted brothers, Charles V and Ferdinand I, at the centre of the composition are framed by portraits of ancestors and relatives, Roman emperors and ancient rulers, and the arms of their realms. The gaming pieces depict literary scenes.
The elaborate and complex pictorial program of this game board propagates the dynastic and territorial claims of the House of Habsburg. The mounted brothers, Charles V and Ferdinand I, at the centre of the composition are framed by portraits of ancestors and relatives, Roman emperors and ancient rulers, and the arms of their realms. The gaming pieces depict literary scenes.
Artist:
Hans Kels d. Ä. , Schnitzerei (um 1480 Kaufbeuren - 1559/60 Kaufbeuren) DNB
Workshop:
Jörg Breu d. Ä. , Entwurf (um 1475 - 1537 Augsburg) DNB
Attributed to:
Georg Hörmann , Konzept (1491 - 1552) DNB
Time:
dated 1537
Object Name
Game; Game board
Culture
Kaufbeuren
Material/technology:
Oak, nut wood, rosewood, palisander, mahogany, bronze
Dimensions:
H. 56 cm, B. 56 cm
Signed
HANS KELS ZV KAVFBEIREN
Inscribed
Inschriften um die Medaillons; AF
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 3419