Triumph of Emperor Leopold I

Christoph Maucher (1640 - ca. 1706/07)

Danzig, dated 1700

Ivory, ebony

 

Exquisitely hideous work of art in the Kunstkammer of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (KHM)

 

"With his son and successor Joseph I at his side, the emperor is enthroned here above his Ottoman opponents and symbols of evil." (KHM)

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Turkish_War

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Maucher

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