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Maximilian II

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Maximilian II 1527-1576.
Holy Roman emperor (1564-1576) who was tolerant of Lutheranism and supported Catholic reform.


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His work continued for succeeding Holy Roman Emperors Maximilian II and Rudolph II.
In the 1560s, this minor artist from Milan relaunched himself at the court of Maximilian II as the ingenious Arcimboldo, designer of fantastic costumes and settings for tournaments, and inventor of bizarre heads.
Specifically, this well-documented study explores how intersections between Baroque and Rococo sculpture were catalyzed by Giovanni Battista Volpini, active primarily in Lombardy, and by his son Giuseppe, active in Franconia and at the Nymphenburg and Schleissheim palaces in Munich, where he worked for Elector Maximilian II Emanuel, leader of Bavaria and the Spanish Netherlands in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
 
 
 
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