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Bas-Relief Portrait of James Sobieski

Paul Strudel, Workshop of Paul Strudel

Basic information

ID: С-II-764
Author: Paul Strudel Workshop of Paul Strudel
Name: Bas-Relief Portrait of James Sobieski
Date of creation: after 1682
Country: Austria
Technique: carving
Material: marble
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 40 x 31.5

Additionally

Type: sculpture
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: Purchased from a private individual, 1969

Information about author

Author: Paul Strudel
Artist's lifetime: 1648–1708
Country: Italy, Austria
Biography: Paul Strudel (1648, Cles, Italy – 1708, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian sculptor, architect, engineer, and artist of the Baroque period. He was the brother of Peter Strudel, the founder of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1686, he served as the court sculptor for Emperor Leopold I, under whose commission he created 16 full-sized marble busts of rulers from the Habsburg dynasty. He oversaw the design and construction of the Vienna "Plague Column" (1686–1893). He authorises a series of marble relief portraits of Emperor Leopold I and his sons, Joseph I and Charles VI. The creation of relief portraits continued in Paul Strudel's workshop even after his death, until 1714.

Information about author

Author: Workshop of Paul Strudel
Country: Austria

Object description

The work is an oval marble relief plaque featuring a bust depiction of a man in an allonge wig. The man, turned in profile to the right, has a thin, turned-up nose, full lips, and a rounded chin. One can see the lace collar and part of the Order of the Golden Fleece chain.

Portrayed person

The name of the person portrayed: James Louis Henry Sobieski of the Janina coat of arms (Paris, 1667–1737, Zhovkva) was the son of John III Sobieski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Marie Casimire. James Sobieski was Prince of Poland, Prince of Olawe (1691–1737), elder of Puck, and pretender to the throne of the Commonwealth. He participated in military campaigns near Vienna and Parkani in 1683 and Moldova in 1686 and 1691. In 1682, he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Lifetime of the person portrayed: 1667–1737

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