Bronze statues of four female nobles (queens, duchesses) in the Court Church (Hofkirche), Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
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2592 x 3888 px | 21.9 x 32.9 cm | 8.6 x 13 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2010Location:
Hofkirche (Court Church), Innsbruck, AustriaMore information:
The Hofkirche (Court Church) is a Gothic church located in the Altstadt (Old Town) of Innsbruck, Austria. It was built in 1553 by Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564) as a memorial to his grandfather Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519), whose cenotaph within boasts a remarkable collection of German Renaissance sculpture. The Hofkirche was designed by Andrea Crivelli of Trento in the traditional German form of a hall church, consisting of three naves with a setback three-sided choir, round and pointed arch windows, and a steep broken-hip roof. It features galleries, slender pillars of red marble and a lectern. The high altar was designed in 1755 by the Viennese court architect Nikolaus Pacassi and decorated with a crucifixion by the Viennese painter Johann Carl Auerbach and bronze statues of St Francis of Assisi and St Teresa of Ávila. Emperor Maximilian's ornate black marble cenotaph occupies the center of the nave. Its construction took more than 80 years, completed in 1584. It is surrounded by a gilded wrought-iron grille created by Jörg Schwidhammer of the Prague court. The cenotaph is surrounded by 28 large bronze statues (200–250 cm tall) of ancestors, relatives and heroes. Their creation took place during 1502-1555, and occupied a number of artists. Three of the statues are based on designs by Albrecht Dürer.