BRASSCARES

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Cooperation partners

Access to the statues is provided by the Tiroler Landesmuseen (Hofkirche) and the Austrian Bundesdenkmalamt. The permission to carry out the proposed analyses of the Schwarze Mander was obtained, as was the access and the permission to analyse 15th century guns from other museums.

  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (BGU): Yuval Goren (analyses clay: petrography)
  • Österreichisches Gießerei-Institut (ÖGI): Andreas Cziegler (casting simulation)
  • W. Grillo Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Austria (Grillo): Sigurd Hofer (metal supply for casting)
  •  Novetus GmbH, Vienna (Novetus): Alexander Stagl (3D-scans)
  • Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (KHM): Martina Griesser (coating and patina analyses)
  • Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas (CENIM), Madrid, Spain: Blanca Ramirez Barat (coating and patina analyses)
  • University of the Basque Country (EHU) Kepa Castro Ortiz de Pinedo (coating and patina analyses)
  • Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW), Institute for Medieval Research: Andreas Zajic, coordinator and PI of the FWF-SFB F9200 ManMAX: Managing Maximilian (1493-1519) (historic documents)
  • Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (KHM), Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer: Stefan Krause, as part of the FWF-SFB F9200 ManMAX: Managing Maximilian (1493-1519) (arms and armour)

Published by project members

Mödlinger, M., Asmus, B., Ghiara, G. The “Schwarze Mander” of the court church in Innsbruck, Austria: manufacture and production of monumental brass statues in the Renaissance. International Journal of Metalcasting 2024

Further Literature

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