Franz Anton Maulbertsch
Master of Austrian Rococo frescoes
Franz Anton Maulbertsch 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 Würzburg 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 Kroměříž Archbishop's Palace and the villa of Halbturn. He also painted a portrait of Narcissus of Jerusalem. He died at Vienna in 1796.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Paul Troger Master
- Gottfried Locher Student
- Johann Melchior Wyrsch Student
- Joseph Winterhalder the younger Student
Fellow student
Influenced by
- Giovanni Battista Pittoni Source
- Sebastiano Ricci Source
Influenced
Parent child
- Carl Joseph Begas Child
Artworks by this artist (49 total)
- Verkündigung an Maria 1766-1767
- Die Erziehung Mariens ca 1752-1754
- The Glorification of the Union of the Houses of Hapsburg and Lorraine 1775
- The Adoration of the Holy Lamb 1724-96
- Ascension Of The Virgin 1757-58
- Die Blendung Simsons 1787-1790
- Esther und Hatach 1787-1790
- Triumph der Aurora 1785-1786
- Der Tod der Dido 1786
- Die Aufnahme des heiligen Augustinus in den Himmel 1785-1786
- The Glorification of the Royal Hungarian Saints ca. 1772-73
- Künstlerbildnis (sogenanntes Selbstbildnis) 1767
- Allegorie auf eine Preisverteilung an der Wiener Akademie unter Wenzel Anton Fürst von Kaunitz-Rietberg 1790
- The Glorification of the Royal Hungarian Saints ca. 1772-73
- Sieg des heiligen Jakob von Compostela über die Sarazenen in der Schlacht von Clavigo 1764
- The Four Elements, Preparatory Study for a Painted Ceiling ca 1750-1752
- Glorifikation Kaiser Josephs II. before 1777
- Study for The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (for Saint Ulrich Vienna) c. 1750
- Die Vermählung Mariens 1755
- Susanna vor den Richtern 1750-1755