King Joseph I as Victor over the Furor
dated 1693, Artist: Matthias Steinl
King Joseph I as Victor over the Furor
For the election of his son Joseph I as the imperial successor (1690), Emperor Leopold I commissioned two ivory equestrian statues. The statuette with Joseph I shows the youth as the bringer of peace, trampling the figure of the horrors of war. In his double memorial, Steinl created a unique masterwork of Baroque ivory carving with regard to form, technique and content.
Object data
Object Name
Statuette; ivory carving
Culture
Vienna
Dated
dated 1693
Artist
Matthias Steinl (1643/44 Mattsee/Salzburg ? - 1727 Wien) - GND
Material
Ivory
Dimensions
71 cm × 56 cm × 28 cm
Signed
M. Steinle 1693
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer
Inv. No.
Kunstkammer, 4663
Depiction/Person
Kaiser Joseph I. Sohn des Leopold I. von Habsburg Österreich (1678 Wien - 1711 Wien) - GND
100 Meisterwerke - König Joseph I. als Sieger über den Furor - Matthias Steinl
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