Monday, October 7, 2019

Ivories by Kern, Steinl, Hurdter, and Furienmeister (Vienna)

Leonhard Kern
Pomona as Personification of Abundance
ca. 1635-45
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Leonhard Kern
Galloping Horse
ca. 1630
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Leonhard Kern
Spellbound Youth
ca. 1635-40
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Song from Abdelazar

Love in fantastic triumph sate
   Whilst bleeding hearts around him flowed,
For whom fresh pains he did create
   And strange tyrannic power he showed;
From thy bright eyes he took his fire
   Which round about in sport he hurled,
But 'twas from mine he took desire
   Enough t' undo the amorous world.

From me he took his sighs and tears,
   From thee his pride and cruelty,
From me his languishments and fears,
   And every killing dart from thee;
Thus thou and I the God have armed
   And set him up a Deity,
But my poor heart alone is harmed
   Whilst thine the victor is, and free.

– Aphra Behn (1677)

Leonhard Kern
Apollo
ca. 1635-40
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Leonhard Kern
Soldier with Captive Woman
ca. 1656-59
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Matthias Steinl
Emperor Leopold I triumphing over the Personification of the Ottomans
ca. 1690-93
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Matthias Steinl
Emperor Joseph I triumphing over the Personification of Chaos
1693
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Matthias Steinl
Allegory of the Elements of Water and Air
ca. 1688
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Johann Ulrich Hurdter
Wrestling Nymphs
ca. 1650-75
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Furienmeister
Hercules Battling a Centaur
ca. 1600-1625
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Furienmeister
Ladon the Dragon
guarding the Tree in the Garden of the Hesperides
ca. 1600-1625
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Furienmeister
Ladon the Dragon
guarding the Tree in the Garden of the Hesperides

ca. 1600-1625
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Furienmeister
Woman waving a Banner
ca. 1600-1625
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Furienmeister
Personification of Fury
ca. 1610-20
ivory
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna