In 1519, at age 59, the Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I died. Years earlier, he had been called “a wise, prudent, God-fearing prince, a just ruler” by his Florentine contemporary, the shrewd political ...

“What could be more precious to a king than an armor that will safeguard his body in combat?” Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519) As a royal in a “nondemocratic political system,” Maximilian had a ...

Belonging to Holy Roman Empire Archduke Maximilian I, the aim of this armor was not merely to protect, but to impress. Portions of an Armor for the Joust of Peace of Maximilian I, German, Augsburg, ca ...

“It’s the most spectacular representation of a tournament of that time,” a Met curator says.

In most impressions of this engaging portrait of Maximilian I (1459-1519), the Holy Roman Emperor is looking to the left. Here at Princeton, he looks to the right. All the details in the scene are ...

Carlota tried to rule Mexico with her husband Maximilian I before their empire fell, breaking her heart and her mind. Empress Carlota, painted in 1865 by Albert Gräfle, took a very active interest in ...

This fall, visitors to the National Gallery of Denmark can see conservators at work on Albrecht Dürer’s The Arch of Honor of Maximilian I, the largest woodcut print made during the Renaissance. The ...