Ivory box with tapestry portraits of Maximilian (1573–1651) and Christina von Bayern (1571–1580), 1576

Elfenbeindose mit den gewirkten Porträts Maximilians (1573–1651) und Christinas von Bayern (1571–1580), 1576 IMG

Inside this ivory box dating from 1576 are portraits of the two eldest children of the later Duke of Bavaria, William V (1548–1626): Princess Christine (1571–1580) and Hereditary Prince Maximilian (1573–1651), from 1597 Duke of Bavaria and from 1623 Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

Ivory box with tapestry portraits: Prince Maximilian of Bavaria and Princess Christina of Bavaria, carved ivory with portraits, 18.0 cm x 14.6 cm (closed), 1576, artist: Friedrich Sustris (design), turner: Giovanni Ambrogio Maggiore, coral and stone carver: Valentin Drausch, tapestry: Jan de la Groze; source: © Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. R 1554, https://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/sammlung/00031836, Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.de.