MAGNIFICENT GAME
The Courtly Hunt in the Tyrol
June 16 until October 31, 2004
Ambras Castle
6020 Innsbruck, Schloss Str. 20
The rulers of the Tyrol - from Duke Friedrich IV to Sigismund Franz - enjoyed hunting both as a means of courtly display and representation and as a sport and a hobby. A sport equally popular with men and women, it also played an important role in the power-play between ruler and subject. Numerous hunting laws tried to enforce the princely privilege of hunting against the rulerīs peasant subjects. Numerous pictures and objects document the importance of hunting in court life in the Tyrol between the fifteenth and the eighteenth century. Important etchings and paintings depict the noblest forms of hunting, such as bear-, stag-, chamois-, ibex- or hog-hunts. The exhibtion also includes precious hunting weapons such as spears, swords, crossbows, and guns as well as hunting instruments.
Press release
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Selected Objects (in german)