MAULBERTSCH, Franz Anton
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Austrian Painter, 1724-1796 |
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l-Apothéose d-un Sainthongrois new5/MAULBERTSCH, Franz Anton_msKBiw.jpg ID de tableau:: 19342
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1773 Pétrole sur la Gemme de canevasauml ; ldegalerie, Berlin. |
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Franz Anton Maulbertsch
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(June 7, 1724 -- August 8, 1796) was an Austrian painter and engraver, one of the most renowned exponents of roccoco painting in the German region.
Maulbertsch was born in Langenargen and studied in the Academy of Vienna. Through the knowledge of Paul Troger, he was influenced by the Venetian painters Piazzetta and Giovanni Battista Pittoni. He also studied the frescoes by Sebastiano Ricci in the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, and frequented Giambattista Tiepolo, who was active in Werzburg starting from 1750.
An appreciated frescoer, he received numerous commissions, mostly of ecclesiastical theme. He produced art for churches in Bicske, Kalocsa, Vienna's Michaelerkirche and Piaristenkirche Maria Treu. He also decorated the Porta Coeli in Moravia, the Kromeř Archbishop's Palace and the villa of Halbturn.
He also painted a portrait of Narcissus of Jerusalem |
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Apotheosis of a Hungarian Saint new23/Franz Anton Maulbertsch-668696.jpg ID de tableau:: 67809
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1773
Oil on canvas
73 x 46 cm
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Franz Anton Maulbertsch
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(June 7, 1724 -- August 8, 1796) was an Austrian painter and engraver, one of the most renowned exponents of roccoco painting in the German region.
Maulbertsch was born in Langenargen and studied in the Academy of Vienna. Through the knowledge of Paul Troger, he was influenced by the Venetian painters Piazzetta and Giovanni Battista Pittoni. He also studied the frescoes by Sebastiano Ricci in the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, and frequented Giambattista Tiepolo, who was active in Werzburg starting from 1750.
An appreciated frescoer, he received numerous commissions, mostly of ecclesiastical theme. He produced art for churches in Bicske, Kalocsa, Vienna's Michaelerkirche and Piaristenkirche Maria Treu. He also decorated the Porta Coeli in Moravia, the Kromeř Archbishop's Palace and the villa of Halbturn.
He also painted a portrait of Narcissus of Jerusalem |
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Apotheosis of a Hungarian Saint new23/Franz Anton Maulbertsch-598647.jpg ID de tableau:: 70282
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Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 73 x 46 cm
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