The Habsburg Portrait Galleries in Graz Castle and Karlau Manor in the 17th and 18th Centuries

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  • Susanne König-Lein Körblergasse 59 A-8010 Graz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/ahas.24.2.01

Keywords:

portrait gallery, Renaissance portraiture, Graz, Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria (1540–1590), Archduchess Maria of Inner Austria (1551–1608), House of Habsburg, Cornelis Vermeyen, Jakob de Monte, Gio- vanni Pietro de Pomis (c. 1565–1633)

Abstract

The article discusses portrait galleries established by Arch- duke Charles II and Archduchess Maria around 1600 and stored in Graz Castle and Karlau Castle near Graz until the 18th century. The collections are analyzed based on published archival sources. Several unique portrait series are presented, as well as the artists and the works of art, which are now kept in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The commissioners’ practices and collecting endeavors associated with the accumulation of family portraits are explained. In addition, the article discusses the role of the portrait series of Roman emperors and a series of costume paintings, which were also included in the collection.

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König-Lein S. (2019). The Habsburg Portrait Galleries in Graz Castle and Karlau Manor in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Acta Historiae Artis Slovenica, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.3986/ahas.24.2.01

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2019)

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