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- One man in particular played formidable part in the expansion of these Habsburg Kunstkammers – Hans Khevenhüller, imperial ambassador in Spain. As diplomat, he assumed diverse roles at the Spanish court – politician, advisor, cultural broker, artistic agent, patron of the arts and collector.
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Hans Khevenhüller (1538–1606) became the Legate of the Holy Roman Emperor at the Spanish court, an office that he held for 26 years. Educated at the University of Padua, he knew Latin and Italian.
Hans Khevenhüller was imperial ambassador in Spain from 1574 to 1606, where he assumed the role of art dealer for his Habsburg patrons Maximilian II., Ferdinand II. and Rudolf II. Khevenhüller played a major role in the development of Kunstkammers, menageries and gardens in Vienna, Prague, Graz, Innsbruck and Munich.
Hans Khevenhüller (1538-1606) became the Legate of the Holy Roman Emperor at the Spanish court, an office that he held for 26 years.
His global networks spanned continents, linking Habsburg courts across Europe with new worlds. Appointed in the early 1570s resident ambassador at the court of Philip II, he was a keen observer of the Spanish court, meticulously recording peoples, events and happenings.
Another document from 1396 bears witness to a municipal judge named Hans Khevenhüller Villach. The fact is that the Khevenhüller came in the wake of the bishops of Bamberg, their carers and butler from Khevenhüller in the Upper Palatinate to Carinthia.
Hans Khevenhüller’s career, from an adolescent Carinthian chamberlain at the imperial court in Vienna, to one of Europe’s most accomplished and astute diplomats and art agents was simply remarkable. To supplement our understanding of his... more. Bookmark. Download. by Adriana Concin. 9 .
Hans Khevenhüller at the Court of Philip II of Spain: Diplomacy & Consumerism in a Global Empire. Annemarie Jordan Gschwend. Paul Holberton Publishing, London Expected 2022. See Full PDF. Download PDF. FREDERIK DHONDT - Review of JONES CORREDERA, E., (2021). The Diplomatic Enlightenment.
