Word: innsbruck
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...collection of the Germanic Museum was increased during the summer by the addition of a cast of the figure of King Theodoric from the tomb of the Emperor Maximilian, at Innsbruck. The statue is a companion piece to Arthur of England, already in the Museum, and is the gift of the Deutsche Gesellschaft of Boston...
...very beautiful reproduction of the bronze statue of Theodoric from the monument of the Emperor Maximilian at Innsbruck has been donated by the "Deutsche Gesellschaft" of Boston. This statue was placed in the museum as a companion piece to that of King Arthur from the same group...
...benefit of the Germanic Museum has made it possible to secure a cast of the statue of "Theodoric," the companion figure for that of "King Arthur" already in the Museum. These two figures are by Peter Vischer, and form part of the sarcophagus of the Emperor Maximilian at Innsbruck...
...most striking pieces of the exhibition is the heroic statue of King Arthur, the original of which is in the Hofkirche at Innsbruck. The figure is clad in full armor, the right hand resting on a shield bearing the arms of England. This statue and the effigy from the tomb of the Emperor Maximilian near it, were both executed by the famous sixteenth century sculptor, Peter Vischer. Another interesting piece is the figure of a Frankish warrior of the fifth century, dressed in the national costume and bearing an axe and spear, the original of which is in the Museum...
...Schmidt of Boston; baptismal font from the Cathedral at Hildesheim, twelfth century; model of a boat dating from the fifth century, the original of which was found in the Mydam Moor, and which is now in the Museum at Kiel; the so-called Bernward Column from the Cathedral of Innsbruck, richly carved with scenes from the life of Christ; three cases of bronze plaquettes by Peter Floetua dating from the sixteenth century; the Auerbach collection of plaquettes from the Museum of Basle, dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The walls of the building are hung with photographs, illustrating ecclesiastical...