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Franz Anton Maulbertsch

1724 - 1796

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Franz Anton Maulbertsch (7 June 1724 – 8 August 1796) was an Austrian painter and engraver, one of the most renowned exponents of Rococo painting in the German and Hungarian regions. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Anton Maulbertsch is the 833rd most popular painter (up from 834th in 2019), the 2,383rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,301st in 2019) and the 78th most popular German Painter.

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Among painters, Franz Anton Maulbertsch ranks 833 out of 2,023. Before him are Evelyn De Morgan, Juan de Valdés Leal, Christian Boltanski, Hercules Seghers, Hans Gude, and Olga Boznańska. After him are Ogata Kōrin, Leandro Bassano, Carle Vernet, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Barbara Kruger, and Wilhelm Marstrand.

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Among people born in 1724, Franz Anton Maulbertsch ranks 18. Before him are Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Franz Aepinus, Eva Ekeblad, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, and George Stubbs. After him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Claude Balbastre, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, John Smeaton, and Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée. Among people deceased in 1796, Franz Anton Maulbertsch ranks 16. Before him are Pyotr Rumyantsev, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Johann Daniel Titius, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, and Shahrokh Shah. After him are François de Charette, Velu Nachiyar, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, William Chambers, and Philip Carteret.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Anton Maulbertsch ranks 2,384 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Hilda of Nassau (1864), Irmina of Oeren (700), Helmut Lachenmann (1935), Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1783), Otto Braun (1900), and Wilhelm Raabe (1831). After him are Lothar Collatz (1910), George Dzundza (1945), Ernst Wollweber (1898), Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744), Johann Christoph Denner (1655), and Martin Luther (1895).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Franz Anton Maulbertsch ranks 78. Before him are Albert Bierstadt (1830), Heinrich Aldegrever (1502), Franz von Lenbach (1836), Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794), Heinrich Hofmann (1824), and Wols (1913). After him are Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881), Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737), Walter Sickert (1860), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Louise Catherine Breslau (1856), and Abraham Mignon (1640).

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