1750 Oil on canvas, 67 x 53 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne Tha artist made no distinction between religious and mythological or allegorical subjects, he appalied the same rococo style for all. Artist:MAULBERTSCH, Franz Anton Title: Allegory of the Alba, 1751-1800, Austrian , painting , mythological
Painting ID:: 64567
Franz Anton Maulbertsch (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 Allegory of the Alba Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 67 x 53 cm
