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Echt tierisch!
die Menagerie des Fürsten
Princely Menageries
Exotic animals that traveled great distances, rare birds, noble dogs and horses, these
and other animalia cavorted at Habsburg courts in the sixteenth century. On display
are priceless Kunstkammer objects, paintings, drawings and engravings, including
extraordinary animals studies and portraits, by Albrecht Dürer, Giambologna, Joris
Hoefnagel, Roelant Savery and Veronese, as well as naturalia made from ivory and
rhinoceros horn which tell incredible stories about the world of animals and their
Special Exhibition
18 June to 04 October 2015
daily, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
importance in the Renaissance.
Beside Tigerthier (Lion), the Dodo bird and civets belonging to Archduke
Ferdinand II of Tyrol, you will learn about Süleyman, the Renaissance superstar:
one of the earliest Ceylonese elephants to reach Europe, who enchanted crowds and
Ambras Castle
people on his way from Lisbon to Vienna. In January 1552 he arrived in Innsbruck
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6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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from Italy on foot, traversing the Brenner Pass in special shoes. Learn and see how
this pachyderm made a lasting impression upon writers, painters and sculptors.
Using the collection of Ferdinand II as a point of departure, this exhibitions presents
exquisite masterpieces, some exhibited for the first time, along with newly researched
rarities, including the renowned icon of animal portraits, Dürer’s Rhinoceros. 100
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objects are on view, many high-profile loans from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, as
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illustration: Landscape with Birds
ROELANT SAVERY, 1628 (DETAIL), © KHM-MUSEUMSVERBAND
well as from prestigious national and international museums. Also highlighting this
show are masterful taxidermy specimens.
Accompanying this exhibition, curated by Annemarie Jordan Gschwend, Thomas
Kuster, Veronika Sandbichler und Katherina Seidl, is an English-German catalogue.
Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, Schlossstraße 20, 6020 Innsbruck
KHM-Museumsverband, Burgring 5, 1010 Wien, Austria, t +43 1 525 24 - 0, www.khm.at
Handelsgericht Wien, Firmenbuch-Nr.: 182081t, uid-Nr.: atu 45940200, dvr-Nr.: 00448125