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Figure Disc Depicting the Capture of Leonhard Thurneysser at the Battle of Sievershausen in 1553
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The figure pane was part of a larger cycle that had the adventurous life of the Basel goldsmith, alchemist, physician, and versatile entrepreneur Leonhard Thurneysser as its subject (cf. Boerlin 1976 in detail). He himself was the commissioner; the destination was probably a representative room in his house on Kohlenberg. According to the coat of arms and inscription in the apex of the arch, he could win Archbishop Gebhard of Cologne as a donor. The central panel unites several scenes: The encounter with...
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Credit lineFigurenscheibe mit der Darstellung der Gefangennahme des Leonhard Thurneysser in der Schlacht zu Sievershausen im Jahre 1553. 1579. Christoph Murer (1558–1614). Kunstmuseum Basel, Geschenk von Emil Thurneysen-Merian in Verbindung mit dem Freiwilligen Museumsverein. Public domain.
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