Obras de franz anton maulbertsch biography
Eighteenth Century
A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed
[WASSENAER VAN STADT, J. A. H.].
[Holland], s.n,1765.
[Album Amicorum].
Very rare example of a bespoke (and nearly) blank album amicorum from 18th-century Holland, preserved in entirely contemporary condition and complete with its original, elaborately decorated binding. The only entry in the book is its watercolor frontispiece of a putto as an emblem of painting: The cupid is posed as..... More
No Copy in America: Romé's Only Work on Marine Biology
The Economics of an Aristocratic Estate
In Pre-Revolutionary France
An Early Illustrated Work on Forestry
Entirely Engraved
ESTANCELIN, Louis.
[France], Gravée par Chambon,1768.
Collection de Cartes Concernant les Forêts, Triages et Bois Taillis du Comté-Pairie d’Eu, Avec plusieures Desseins et Etats analogues au Commerce et à la Partie des Bois.
Only edition of this unusual volume surveying the wooded holdings of the Count of Eu, in Upper Normandy, a work comprised entirely of 40 fine, single-sided engravings, including a pictorial title page, 13 calligraphic plates of text, charts and tables, 5 botanical and industrial images, and 21 handsome, precise maps..... More
The Vasari of Architecture
The Vasari of Architecture
The First Safety Razor
A Landmark in Personal Hygiene
Polenta & Cheese in Venice
[GASTRONOMY].
MAGGIOTTO, Francesco / PEDRO, Francesco.
Italy, Nicolo Cavalli,c. 1770s
Multa petentibus / desunt multa. Bene est, cui Deus obtulit / parca, quod satis est manu.
Rare 18th-century Venetian engraving of a kitchen scene after a genre painting by Francesco Maggiotto (1738-1805), son and pupil of the painter Domenico Fedeli (1713-94), himself a student of Giambattista Piazzetta (1682-1754). The print depicts a peasant family preparing their repast, a humble meal of polenta and grated cheese. Intent..... More
Biographies of Artists Active in Rom
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Martin Johann Schmidt
Austrian painter
For other people with the same name, see Martin Schmidt.
Martin Johann Schmidt, called Kremser Schmidt or Kremserschmidt, (25 September 1718 – 28 June 1801), was one of the outstanding Austrian painters of the late Baroque/Rococo along with Franz Anton Maulbertsch.
He was born at Grafenwörth, lower Austria, a son of the sculptor Johannes Schmidt. A pupil of Gottlieb Starmayr, he spent most of his life at Stein, where he mostly worked in the numerous churches and monasteries of his Lower Austrian homeland. While the evolution of his style after 1750 shows that he had either spent a formative period in northern Italy or had at least had extensive contact with northern Italian works of art prior to that date, his works are also clearly influenced by Rembrandt (visible above all in his etchings) and the great fresco-painters of the Austrian Baroque, Paul Troger and Daniel Gran.
Despite not having received formal academic training, in 1768 he was made a member of the imperialacademy at Vienna due to his artistic merits, which by that time had already been recognized by a wider public inside and outside of Austria.
Primarily he painted devotional images for private devotion and churches, including a considerable number of large altar paintings. His lively and colourful style made him extremely popular with people from all levels of society already during his lifetime. From 1780, mythological and low-life themes became increasingly frequent, only to be replaced by a renewed concentration on religious topics during the last years of Schmidt's life. He died at Stein/Danube (now belonging to Krems an der Donau), aged 82.
He was an important draughtsman and has left numerous etchings which clearly show Rembrandt's influence.
While his earlier works typically show a warm chiaroscuro, from about 1770 he used increasingly stronger and more lively colours. Simultaneously, both his style and his brush technique beca .