Stove tile depicting a fashionably dressed woman

Stove tile depicting a fashionably dressed woman is held by Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (Germany). Description supplied by the holding institution: The town of Baden-Baden and Hohenbaden Castle, situated above on the Battert rock, gave their name to the lineage of the Margraves and later Grand Dukes of Baden.

In the year 1112 they first named themselves "von Baden"; at this time the castle, built a few years earlier, already served as the seat of rule and retained this function until the end of the 15th century. The oldest part of the complex, today's Oberburg, still had a strongly fortified character. Younger parts of the complex, such as the Bernhardsbau erected around 1400, by contrast already show the transition to prestigious castle architecture, which also provided significantly more living comfort.

Excavations were already carried out at Hohenbaden Castle around the middle of the 19th century. The finds provide insight into the former furnishings of the castle rooms, but also into everyday life in such a castle. Thus numerous stove tiles are evidence that several rooms could be heated. This green… The collection record gives measurements Höhe: 23.0 cm, Breite: 20.0 cm, Tiefe: 4.5 cm. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.