COINS AND POETRY The Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis

THE EMPEROR’S IVORIES Masterpieces from the Habsburg Kunstkammer Collection

MONEY IN LATVIA History and Presence

BENIN – KINGS AND RITUALS Court Arts from Nigeria


Exhibition Calendar

Exhibition Review


 
MARTYRDOM OF ST. SEBASTIAN
Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Vienna, 1655
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BACCHANAL
Johann Ignaz Bendl (active before 1682 - 1730)
Vienna, signed and dated Ignati bendl f. 1684
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FURY
"Furienmeister"/Master of the Furies
Salzburg (?), c. 1610/20
originally in the residence of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
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SO-CALLED OLIFANT OF COUNT ALBRECHT III OF HABSBURG
Lower Italy (Amalfi or Salerno), 11th century, or 1st half of the 12th century
dedication inscription dated 1199
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STANDING HOLLOW SPHERE
Lorenz Zick (1594 - 1666)
Nuremberg, 2nd third of the 17th century
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COVERED TANKARD DEPICTING A BACCHANAL
Georg Petel (1601/02 - 1634)
Andreas I. Wickert (1600 - 1661)
Augsburg, 1629
Commissioned by Count Ottheinrich Fugger
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APOLLO AND DAPHNE
Jakob Auer (c. 1645 - 1706)
Vienna, c. 1688/90
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HESPERIDIA FEEDING THE SERPENT LADON
"Furienmeister"/Master of the Furies
Salzburg?, c. 1610/20
originally in the residence of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
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SATYR AND THE NYMPH CORISCA
Adam Lenckhardt (1610 - 1661)
Vienna, 1639
signed and dated
inspired by a scene from the pastoral melodrama
"Il Pastor fido" by Giovanni Battista Guarini
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ST. MICHEAL VANQUISHING SATAN
Johann Schnegg (1724 - 1784)
Bayreuth (?), c. 1740/60
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VENUS AND AMOR
Nikolaus Pfaff (1556? – 1612)
Prague, c. 1601/07
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EMPEROR LEOPOLD I. MOUNTED ON HIS CHARGER
Matthias Steinl (1643/44 - 1727)
Vienna, c 1690/93
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EMPEROR JOSEPH I MOUNTED ON HIS CHARGER
Matthias Steinl (1643/44 - 1727)
Vienna, 1693
signed and dated
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SET OF TURNED IVORY WORKS
Marcus Heiden (active 1618 - 1664)
Johann Eisenberg (1600 - 1640)
Coburg, c. 1630/37
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COVERED TANKARD WITH FLOWERS
southern Germany, 1st third of the 17th century
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ST. GREGORY WITH SCRIBES
Master of the Vienna Gregory Tablet
Carolingian, 9th century
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RELIEF: THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON
Georg Pfründt, Flachslanden 1603-1663
Ivory velvet
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