page_title: Court Church
section_title: Statues
hierarchical_section_title: Court Church / Statues
caption_attribution_description: Statue within Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria. This statue is old enough so that it is not covered by any copyright.
context_page_description: The Hofkirche is a Gothic church located in the Altstadt section of Innsbruck, Austria. The church was built in 1553 by Emperor Ferdinand I as a memorial to his grandfather Emperor Maximilian I, whose cenotaph within boasts a remarkable collection of German Renaissance sculpture. The church also contains the tomb of Andreas Hofer, Tyrol's national hero.
  Although Maximilian's will had directed that he be buried in the castle chapel in Wiener Neustadt, it proved impractical to construct there the large memorial whose plans he had supervised in detail, and Ferdinand I as executor planned construction of a new church and monastery in Innsbruck for a suitable memorial. In the end, however, Maximilian's simple tomb remained in Wiener Neustadt and the Hofkirche serves as a cenotaph.
context_section_description: The cenotaph is surrounded by 28 large bronze statues (200–250 cm) of ancestors, relatives and heroes. Their creation took place over between 1502-1555, and occupied a number of artists including Christian Amberger, Albrecht Dürer, Jörg Kölderer, Jörg Polhamer the elder, Gilg Sesselschreiber, Ulrich Tiefenbrunn, and sculptors Peter Vischer the Elder, Hans Leinberger, G. Löffler, Leonhart Magt, and Veit Stoß. Three of the statues are based on designs by Dürer. According to David Gass, one of many descendants of both Maximilian and Louis II of Hungary, the inclusion of the King Arthur and Godfrey of Bouillon statues are due to Louis II's sister, Anna, the Queen of Bohemia marrying Ferdinand, Maximilian's grandson, and bringing her English heritage with her.  Both men were said to be her ancestors.  The following list contains the statues (clockwise from the left of the altar), designer, sculptor, cast, and year of execution:
  Joanna, Queen of Castile († 1555), Sesselschrieber and Kölderer, Magt, Godl, 1528
  Ferdinand II, King of Aragon († 1516), Polhaimer, Magt, Godl, 1530–31
  Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy († 1467), Sesselschrieber, Magt, Godl, 1521
  Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy († 1477), Sesselschrieber and Kölderer, Magt, Godl, 1525–26
  Cymburgis, Archduchess of Austria († 1429), Sesselschrieber and his workshop, 1516
  Margaret, Duchess of Savoy († 1530), Tiefenbrunn, Magt, Godl, 1522
  Bianca Maria Sforza, Holy Roman Empress († 1511), Tiefenbrunn, Magt, Godl, 1525
  Sigismund, Archduke of Austria († 1496), Kölderer, Magt, Godl, 1523–24
  Arthur, King of Britain († 6th century), Dürer, Artusmeister, Vischer, 1513
  Ferdinand I, King of Portugal († 1383), Sesselschrieber and his workshop, 1509
  Ernest, Duke of Austria († 1424), Sesselschrieber and his workshop, 1516
  Theoderic the Great, King of the Ostrogoths († 526), Dürer, Artusmeister, Vischer, 1513
  Albert II, Duke of Austria († 1358), Polhaimer, Magt, Godl, 1528/29
  Rudolph I, King of Germany († 1291), Sesselschrieber and his workshop, 1516/17
  Philip I, King of Castile († 1506), Sesselschrieber and his workshop, 1516
  Clovis I, King of the Franks († 511), Amberger, Arnberger, Löffler, 1509
  Albert II, King of Germany († 1439), Sesselschrieber and Polhaimer, Magt, Godl, 1526
  Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor († 1493), Sesselschrieber and Kölderer, Magt, Godl, 1523/24
  Leopold III, Margrave of Austria († 1136), Kölderer, Magt, Godl, 1520
  Albert IV, Count of Habsburg († 1239), Dürer, Leinberger, Godl, 1517
  Leopold III, Duke of Austria († 1386), Kölderer, Magt, Godl, 1519
  Frederick IV, Duke of Austria with the Empty Pockets († 1439), Tiefenbrunn, Magt, Godl, 1523/24
  Albert I, King of Germany († 1308), Polhaimer, Magt, Godl, 1527
  Godfrey of Bouillon († 1100), Polhaimer, Magt, Godl, 1533
  Elizabeth of Luxembourg, Queen of Germany († 1443), Polhaimer, Magt, Godl, 1530
  Mary, Duchess of Burgundy († 1482), Sesselschrieber, Sesselschrieber, Sesselschrieber, 1513/16
  Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany († 1313), Sesselschrieber and his workshop, 1516
  Kunigunde, Archduchess of Austria († 1520), Sesselschrieber, Sesselschrieber, Sesselschrieber, 1516/17
  The gallery contains 23 small statues (66–69 cm) of the Habsburg patron saints. They were designed by court painter Jörg Köldere around 1514/15, and carved into wood and then wax by Leonhard Magt. The church also once contained a number of busts of Roman emperors; 20 are now displayed in Schloß Ambras and one is in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich.
caption: Duke Leopold III
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