In his paintings, olivier devoted himself to themes of medieval romanticism. The painting "the count of habsburg" refers to a ballad by friedrich schiller from 1805, which inspired a number of painters up until the late romantic period. The ballad is about the christian virtue of the secular ruler. According to legend, rudolf count of habsburg once made his hunting horse available to a priest so that he could bring the holy sacrament to a dying man quickly and safely. The motif was politically explosive at the time. After the end of the "holy roman empire of the german nation", there were efforts in 1806 to offer the german imperial crown to the austrian emperor in order to restore the unity of the old german empire. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1815. Dimensions: height: 33 cm (12.9 in) ; width: 55 cm (21.6 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: Rudolph I of Germany. Collection: Germanisches Nationalmuseum. 1815 Olivier Der Graf von Habsburg anagoria
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