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The ivory collection is one of the most extensive and of the highest quality in the world. The collection includes works from the late Antiquity to the 20th century.Alongside…

This relief is undisputedly considered the best work in ivory surviving from Late Antiquity. With utmost virtuosity, the artist explores the limits of what was technically…

This goblet is one of the largest and most virtuosic pieces of Baroque ivory turning and illustrates the high standards of the Electoral Collection in Düsseldorf. Georg Steiner,…

Programmable lathes for the mechanical processing of the precious material ivory are among the most sophisticated pieces of equipment in the history of pre-industrial technology.…

Princely Leisure? German guided tour. Dr. Jens Ludwig Burk

You have to travel to Munich to see one of the most prominent examples of Viking art. This wholly singular object was probably created as a diplomatic gift for the emperor. It was…

…the portrait of Marianne Camasse, who as Countess Forbach was married in a morganatic marriage to Duke Christian IV of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. The ivory collector Mayr acquired…

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…

…There they were placed opposite the masterpieces of Baroque painting. The lavish use of ivory and exotic wood is evidence that the group was a product of courtly luxury. The…

…while the man on the right trying to tear off his robe. The contrast between the light ivory and the dark stained wood is immediately apparent, and represents the struggle…

…hybrid creature from classical mythology. No other European court possessed comparable ivory objects wherein the carved satyrs were combined with the abnormally grown antlers,…

…play of shimmering mother-of-pearl, dark-backed horn and coloured and bright-white ivory creates an extremely luxurious finish on this example. Typical of the German Renaissance…

…of gold coins from antiquity is absolutely unique. This major work of European ivory art of the Baroque period is decorated with microscopically detailed ivory reliefs: on the…

What a magnificent gift box! Members of the German Reichstag honoured their former president Dr Eduard von Simson with this gift in 1879. The richly decorated casket can be opened…

…masterpieces of European art, including sculptures, paintings, goldsmiths´ works and ivory carvings. In addition to porcelains, costumes, furniture, weapons, musical instruments…

…Schongau and Kaufbeuren as well as the works of ecclesiastical treasure art made of ivory and metal. The Reidersche Tafel, a Late Antique ivory relief depicting the Resurrection…

…guild room of the Augsburg weavers is particularly noteworthy. The section also includes some of the most beautiful Gothic cabinets, key works of ivory art, noteable glass…

…furniture, goldsmith's work, weapons, musical instruments, clocks, glasses, miniatures, ivory and bronze sculptures offers a comprehensive picture of courtly splendour. An…

Each of our objects has a story. A story that we would like to tell in short films: Experience our objects from a completely different perspective - lively, exciting and unique. A…

…Scientific Catalogue on Ivories The project of a scientific catalogue of the ivory collection of the 16th to 18th centuries comprises the research on about 280 objects by some…

…inlaid with metal sheets and exotic materials such as tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl and ivory. To identify the wood species and investigate paint layers, tiny samples of…

…The conservators develop methods to conserve and restore the various objects made of ivory, glass, enamel, porcelain, amber, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell and the many complex…

…tour presents illustrious Wittelsbach princely collectors of ivories as well as the ivory carver and turner themselves who worked at the courts of Munich and Düsseldorf. Dr. Jens…