Discover collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, prince-elector, commissioner (person who orders works) Maximilian II Emanuel

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: Max Emanuel von Bayern
Wittelsbach, Maximilan II Emanuel von

Qualifications: collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, prince-elector, commissioner (person who orders works)
He was Elector of Bavaria 1679-1726.

Nationality/school: German

Born: Munich 1662-07-11

Deceased: Munich 1726-02-26
Maximilian Emanuel is buried in the crypt of the Theatinerkirche in Munich.

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: Son of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (d.1676). His maternal grandparents were Victor Amadeus I of Savoy and Christine Marie of France. Christine Marie was the second daughter of Henry IV of France and his second wife Marie de' Medici.

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

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7 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Schloss Schleissheim (München)
Brussel 1691 - 1706
He was the last Governor of the Spanish Netherlands and duke of Luxembourg
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München 1716 - 1726

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Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 4 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 246-248
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 279
Glaser et al. 1976 , vol. 1, p. 221-238; 265-273 (U. Krempel, 'Max Emanuel als Gemüldesammler' (221-238); A. Völker, 'Die Tapisserieankaufe des Kurfürsten Max Emanuel und die Anfänge der Münchener Wandteppichmanufaktur' (265-273))
Renger/Denk 2002 , p. 14-15
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

P. Cannon-Brookes, 'Kurfürst Max Emanuel: Bayren und Europa um 1700', The Burlington Magazine 114 (1977), p. 597-611

Project: Gerson Digital : Germany

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