Abstract

The Goldenes Dachl, known to millions of tourists who have visited Innsbruck, with its alcove containing the stone figures of dancers reproduced here, was made for Emperor Maximilian I in the year I500. The occasion of its creation was the celebration of his wedding to his second wife, Maria Bianca Sforza of Milan, who is shown holding the golden ball to be awarded to the dancer who wins the contest. The dance, which was of Oriental origin, required the dancers to vie with one another to produce the maddest bodily contortions. The other lady is the first wife of the Emperor, Maria of Burgundy. The damage to the figures was done long ago. The original stone reliefs, which were removed in i953 and replaced by copies, are now preserved in the Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck.

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