Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796)

THE PROPERTY OF A GERMAN NOBLEMAN

Details

Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796)

A Bishop Martyr blessing a dead Woman - a bozzetto for an altarpiece

painted shaped top
30 3/8 x 16½in. (77.2 x 42cm.)

Provenance

Baron von Stumm, Schloss Rauisch-Holzhausen.

Literature

K. Garas, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Budapest, Vienna and Graz, 1960, pp. 36 and 202, no. 69, pl. 66
K. Garas, Franz Anton Maulbertsch. Leben und Werk, Salzburg, 1974, p. 247

Lot Essay

Klara Garas dates the present picture c.1754/5 by comparison with such works as the Saint Narcissus in the Oesterreichische Galerie, Vienna (op. cit., 1960, pl. 64; op. cit., 1974, colour pl. 9), which is datable c.1754

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