Michaelminiatures
A Fixture
Our New bust is now available at www.unitedempireminiatures.com page 8. It is both a fantasy and historical piece. It is one of the best intricate and finely detailed pieces sculpted by human hands, Roman Rux pulled it of brilliantly. I enjoyed painting the piece so much because it was different and a challange and I could see the human look start to appear once I started to paint. The piece was cast beautifully by Bob Stein and was and is the most difficult casting challange he has ever faced. The last photo is a photo of the painting in the Louvre, Paris.
Hope you enjoy,
Mike
Emperor Rudoff II of Austria 1573
"AS AUTUMN"
1/10 scale resin bust
Sculpted by: Roman Rux
Box art painted by: Mike Cramer
Item: RR35
Rudolf II (July 18, 1552 – January 20, 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Rudolf spent eight formative years, from age 11 to 19 (1563–1571), in Spain, at the court of his maternal uncle Phillip II. After his return to Vienna, his father was concerned about Rudolf's aloof and stiff manner, typical of the more conservative Spanish court, rather than the more relaxed and open Austrian court; but his Spanish mother saw in him courtliness and refinement. Rudolf would remain for the rest of his life reserved, secretive, and largely a homebody who did not like to travel or even partake in the daily affairs of state. He was more intrigued by learning astrology and alchemy, which was mainstream in the Renaissance period, and had a wide variety of personal hobbies such as horses, clocks, collecting rarities, and being a patron of the arts.
Rudolf moved the Habsburg capital from Vienna to Prague in 1583. Rudolf loved collecting paintings, and was often reported to sit and stare in rapture at a new work for hours on end. He spared no expense in acquiring great past masterworks, such as those of Dürer and Brueghel. He was also patron to some of the best contemporary artists, who mainly produced new works in the Northern Mannerist style, such as Bartholomeus Spranger, Hans von Aachen, Giambologna, Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
In 1573 Rudolf ll commissioned Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 or 1527 – July 11, 1593) an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables) to paint him as the four seasons. The painting autumn was composed entirely of the fruit and vegetables of autumn.
When the Swedish army invaded Prague in 1648, during the Thirty Years' War, many of Arcimboldo's paintings were taken from Rudolf II's collection. His works can be found in Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Habsburg Schloss Ambras in Innsbruck; the Louvre in Paris; as well as in numerous museums in Sweden. The original painting “Autumn” is in the Louvre, Paris.
Our bust is based on that painting.
Sculpted by Roman Rux the box art paint by Mike Cramer
Parts: Base, head, very small fragile parts: grape cluster, pumpkin stem, wheat mustache (2), barley beard, roots (2), snail, fruit branch, leaf branches (4) ear vegetables (2)
Hope you enjoy,
Mike
Emperor Rudoff II of Austria 1573
"AS AUTUMN"
1/10 scale resin bust
Sculpted by: Roman Rux
Box art painted by: Mike Cramer
Item: RR35
Rudolf II (July 18, 1552 – January 20, 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Rudolf spent eight formative years, from age 11 to 19 (1563–1571), in Spain, at the court of his maternal uncle Phillip II. After his return to Vienna, his father was concerned about Rudolf's aloof and stiff manner, typical of the more conservative Spanish court, rather than the more relaxed and open Austrian court; but his Spanish mother saw in him courtliness and refinement. Rudolf would remain for the rest of his life reserved, secretive, and largely a homebody who did not like to travel or even partake in the daily affairs of state. He was more intrigued by learning astrology and alchemy, which was mainstream in the Renaissance period, and had a wide variety of personal hobbies such as horses, clocks, collecting rarities, and being a patron of the arts.
Rudolf moved the Habsburg capital from Vienna to Prague in 1583. Rudolf loved collecting paintings, and was often reported to sit and stare in rapture at a new work for hours on end. He spared no expense in acquiring great past masterworks, such as those of Dürer and Brueghel. He was also patron to some of the best contemporary artists, who mainly produced new works in the Northern Mannerist style, such as Bartholomeus Spranger, Hans von Aachen, Giambologna, Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
In 1573 Rudolf ll commissioned Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 or 1527 – July 11, 1593) an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables) to paint him as the four seasons. The painting autumn was composed entirely of the fruit and vegetables of autumn.
When the Swedish army invaded Prague in 1648, during the Thirty Years' War, many of Arcimboldo's paintings were taken from Rudolf II's collection. His works can be found in Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Habsburg Schloss Ambras in Innsbruck; the Louvre in Paris; as well as in numerous museums in Sweden. The original painting “Autumn” is in the Louvre, Paris.
Our bust is based on that painting.
Sculpted by Roman Rux the box art paint by Mike Cramer
Parts: Base, head, very small fragile parts: grape cluster, pumpkin stem, wheat mustache (2), barley beard, roots (2), snail, fruit branch, leaf branches (4) ear vegetables (2)
