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Statuette of St George
(gold, enamel, silver-gilt, diamonds, rubies,
emeralds, opals, agate, chalcedony, rock crystal
and other precious stones, pearls;
height 50 cm); Munich, 1586/97

The statuette was made to house a relic of St George that Archbishop Ernst of Cologne sent in 1586 to his brother Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria. In the seventeenth century, the statuette was displayed on important feast days on the altar of the Reiche Kapelle (Ornate Chapel) in the Munich Residenz. The bearded face of the saint behind the movable visor is carved from boxwood and resembles that of the man who commissioned the statuette, Duke Wilhelm V.

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Crown of the kings
of Bavaria

 

Toison of the Golden Fleece

 

Reliquary of Emperor Henry II

 

Drinking game "Diana with stag"

 

Cross of Queen Gisela

 

Travelling set

 

"Henry Chalice"

 

Statuette of St George

 

Crucifix

 

Two small globes

 

Crown of an English Queen

 

Ornamental jug

 

Sapphire Cup

 

Pendulum clock

 

Ostrich egg cup

 

Ivory chest

 

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