Johann Christoph Storer
German, 1620-1671
Coronation of Otto the Great in the Church of Saint'Ambrogio, Milan
INV-1851
Johann Christoph Storer
German, 1620-16711650
Coronation of Otto the Great in the Church of Saint'Ambrogio, Milan
Johann Christoph Storer German, 1620-1671 →drawings (visual works)chalk
Date
1650
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite, on cream laid paper, incised for transfer with graphite, laid down on cream paper, laid down on cream board edged with gold
Dimensions
Primary support: 23 × 31.1 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 24.1 × 32.3 cm (9 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Johann Christophorus Storer was a leading artist in Lombardy in the mid-17th century when he executed this drawing of the coronation of Otto the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor (r. 962–73), who brought Italy and Burgundy under German control.
Also notable
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The Victory of Rudolf I of Germany against Ottokar II of Bohemia, from the Pompa della solenne entrata nella città di Milano della serenissima Maria Anna austriaca
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An Eagle Presenting a Measuring Tool to Emperor Constantine at the Founding of Constantinople, from the Pompa della solenne entrata nella città di Milano della serenissima Maria Anna austriaca
Giacomo Cotta (Italian, 1627-1689) after Gian Cristoforo Storer (German, active Italy, 1620-1671)