Leopold Heyperger

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]

Bust of Leopold Heyperger on a coin from the Hofburg Palace (c. 1550)

See also

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