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Innsbruck
The cenotaph of Emperor Maximilian I in the court church in Innsbruck. (© Wikimedia Commons)
Maximilian I’s sense of self-presentation
„Wer ime in seinem leben kain gedachtnus macht, der hat nach seinem tod kain gedächtnus und desselben menschen wird mit dem glockendon vergessen.“
(Whoever does not set up a monument to himself during his life enjoys no memory after his death. Such a man is forgotten as soon as the bell ceases to toll.”)
— Maximilian I, Weißkunig
Relief on the Innsbruck balcony “Goldenes Dachl”, built for Maximilian I in 1500, showing on the right the Emperor’s first wife, Maria of Burgundy (d. 1483) and on the left his second wife, Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510). (http://austria-forum.org/attach/Wissenssammlungen/Symbole/Goldenes%20Dachl/Bild%203.JPG)
Friedrich IV., Herzog von Österreich und Graf von Tirol (1382–1439). Kunsthistorisches Museum, KHM Museumsverband Wien,Inv-Nr. GG_4427 (Ambraser Sammlung); 16. Jh.