Kurfürstenhumpen

…or mounted on horseback (Kurfürstenhumpen); subjects from the Old and New Testaments; and allegorical themes such as the Eight Virtues and the Ages of Man. These were painted between borders of multicoloured or white dots or intersecting ellipses, often on a gold ground. This general style continued into the…

Kurfürstenhumpen depict either the German emperor on horseback, with the three spiritual electors behind him and four princes below, or the kaiser enthroned, with three or four princes on either side. Fichtelgebirgehumpen are decorated with mountain landscapes. None of the surviving examples of Humpen dates…