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A Bohemian engraved Royal beaker and cover, circa 1683
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Provenance:
With Glasgalerie Michael Kovacek, Vienna
Sold at Fischer, Heilbronn, 17 October 1998, lot 401
This complex engraving symbolises the political arena following the defeat of the Turks at Vienna in 1683, thereby ending forever the threat of the Ottoman Empire to central Europe. The enemy of the House of Habsburg (under Emperor Leopold I), continued to be France (under King Louis XIV), who had been an ally of the Turks. The toppled column with the crescent-moon face, which is being attacked by the Austrian eagle, symbolises the utter defeat of the Ottomans by Austria and its allies, while the column with the French insignia still stands.















