The tomb of Maximilian I, archduke of Austria, German king, and Holy Roman Emperor (1493-1519) at the Hofkirche in Innsbruck, Austria. Chalk lithograph with white highlights.

On January 12, 1519, Maximilian died at Wels in Upper Austria. He was buried in Georgskirche at Wiener Neustadt. His magnificent tomb at the Hofkirche in Innsbruck was completed later

Maximilian I made his family, the Habsburgs, dominant in 16th-century Europe. He added vast lands to the traditional Austrian holdings, securing the Netherlands by his own marriage, Hungary and Bohemia by treaty and military pressure, and Spain and the Spanish empire by the marriage of his son Philip

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1 print : chalk lithograph, with white highlights

Tomb of Maximilian Ist Inspruck

Wellcome Collection 44500i