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Monument to Maximilian I: Detail of four of the 28 statues of rulers

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
13. Duke Albrecht II the Wise of Austria; 14. King Rudolf I; 15. King Philip the Fair of Castile; 16. Clovis the King of the Franks\u000a\u000aThe Hofkirche owes its fame to the fact that it houses the monument to Maximilian I, although it was in fact the wish of the Emperor that the tomb be erected in the Schlosskirche at Wiener Neustadt, where he is actually buried; this was technically impossible. Emperor Ferdinand I decided to locate the monument to his grandfather in the Hofkirche, where it stands in the nave. A massive marble sarcophagus rests in the centre, flanked by 28 bronze statues, ranged between the nave columns, representing the Emperor's ancestors and contemporaries, to a scheme devised by Maximilian himself in 1502. The figures (1509-1550) were cast in various workshops, mostly in Innsbruck, and are represented as mourners carrying funeral torches. Florian Abel was responsible for designing the sepulchral monument; his brothers Bernhard and Arnold Abel executed sculptural work on the monument. Other sculptors include Peter Vischer the Elder, Hans Leinberger, Leonhart Magt, and Veit Stoss.

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Sepulchral Monument of Maximilian I

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria|Innsbruck

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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