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435The Neugebäude Georg Tanner’s ms. description of Maximilian’s Prater Lusthaus [Fig. 9.8–9.9].9 The connection of this double monogram with both the Prater Lusthaus and the Katterburg suggest that the love of gardens was a shared interest of the couple, a suggestion underlined by the charming relief in the Kunsthistorisch- es Museum showing them together in an open pavilion set next to a fountain in the middle of a luscious garden or park, inhabited by red deer as well as by the exotic animals Maximilian prized so much, including his famed elephant [Fig. 9.10]. As at the Prater, the garden and the Tiergarten or game preserve were its principal attraction: Maximilian left the house as it was, but had its demesne first fenced in and then, shortly before his death, surrounded by a wall. The monumental gate within this wall visible in Visscher’s print was probably con- structed at this same time [Fig. 9.12].10 Neither for Kaiserebersdorf nor for Kat- terburg there are any documents indicating that Strada may have been involved in their development. Even had he been, it seems likely that his intervention remained limited to some advice, or at most some sketches for decorative ele- ments, such as this portal.11 9 The stone has earlier been attributed to the Emperor Matthias, but Hassmann 2001, p. 444 and note 55, rightly interprets it as referring to Maximilian ii, as it was used on the marble plaque covering the casket in which Maximilian’s intestine was buried in Regens- burg cathedral after his death. Its use in Tanner’s ms. is certainly conclusive (önb-hs, Cod. 8085, fol 2v.; cf. above, Ch. 5.3). Compare its use with the famous monogram hd of King Henri ii and Diane de Poitiers at the Louvre, Fontainebleau and elsewhere. 10 Hassmann 2001, p. 444. 11 The monumental gate of the Katterburg visible in Fig. 9.12 appears to owe something to designs for portals such as those illustrated in Serlio’s Extraordinario Libro. Figures 9.8–9.9 Stone with the monogram of Emperor Maximilian ii and Empress Maria, from their hunting lodge at Katterburg (now Schönbrunn) near Vienna, and their monogram under the Bohemian crown as included in the dedi- cation of Tanner’s treatise of the Prater Lusthaus; Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.