Leopold Heyperger Explained

Leopold Heyperger was a 16th-century Viennese burgher who was the Burggrave of Hofburg Palace from 1547 to 1560,[1] as well as Ferdinand I's treasurer.[2] He was personally appointed to be the administrator of the imperial Kunstkammer in Hofburg Palace.[3] He is best known for organizing a vast collection of ancient Roman coins for the Kunstkammer in 1547.[4] [5]

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  1. Web site: List of administrative heads of the Hofburg in Vienna. Official Website Of The Hofburg Palace..
  2. Web site: History of the collection. www.khm.at. en. 2020-01-26.
  3. Book: Louthan, Howard. The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna. Howard Louthan. 2006-06-22. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-02712-0. en.
  4. Web site: The History of the Vienna Numismatic Collection. www.khm.at. en. 2020-01-26.
  5. Book: Spener, Philipp Jacob . Theatrum nobilitatis Europeae . 1668 . Vogelius . la.

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