Highlights
Cabinet of the Elector Maximilian I. of Bavaria
- Artist
- Melchior Baumgartner
- Locality
- Augsburg
- Date
- 1646
- Material
- Spruce, oak, ivory, lapis lazuli, copper, gilded
- Dimensions
- H. 124 cm
- Location
- Gallery 32
- Inventory Number
- R 2096
- Acquisition
- Assigned from the Royal Collections of the House of Wittelsbach before 1868
- Epoch
- Baroque and Rococo
Description
Symbolising the white and blue heraldic colours of Bavaria, ivory and lapis lazuli - the most precious materials imaginable - were used for the cabinet's palatial interior front to demonstrate its utmost representational significance. What Elector Maximilian I used it for is unknown. It was common to store small art objects, luxury items, scientific instruments, nature's curiosities or simply writing utensils in such cabinets. One detail remains hidden for the visitor: the signature of the Augsburg cabinetmaker Melchior Baumgartner on the base under the ivory veneer.
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