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347Projects for Emperor Ferdinand i to Abel’s, which seems to derive from the art of the goldsmith, rather than from that of the architect.14 It is impossible to define with certainty what Jacopo Strada may have con- tributed to the conception or development of the Innsbruck tomb. It is sig- nificant for Ferdinand’s attitude that all three artists he asked Schallautzer to consult were Italians: this implies that he wished for an up-to-date design which could hold its own when compared to similar projects, in Italy, but also in France and the Netherlands. Though all the members of the committee doubtless carefully considered and commented on all or most of the features of the plan, its insistence on the unity of design of the work may well be largely due to Strada: 14 Looking at the Visierung without background information I myself would suspect it to have been designed to be executed entirely in bronze, rather than in marble. The draw- ing by Joseph Strickner of the tomb as executed is in Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, FB 1673. Figure 6.4 The tomb of Maximilian i as executed by Alexander Colin, drawing by Joseph Strickner 1744–1826; Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum.