On 28 April, they signed a contract on the completion of the unfinished tomb of Emperor Maximilian I in the court chapel of Innsbruck.
Bernhard travelled to Salzburg to purchase marble, Arnold to Italy with the same purpose and to study the old masters.
In December, the two sculptors reunited in Innsbruck, but did not further their work, even though they were provided with all that was necessary from the government and had received the drafts from Florian.
They were provided with helpers, sent by sculptor Marx Müller from Antwerp: Franz Willems, Hans Ernhofer and Michael von der Vecken.
Their work was finished by Alexander Collin, a sculptor from Mechelen in the province of Antwerp.