Andreas Nesselthaler

Andreas Nesselthaler (born November 22, 1748 in Langenisarhofen , Lower Bavaria, † September 24, 1821 in Salzburg ) was the last Salzburg court painter .

Life

The son of a watchmaker came to his uncle Martin Nesselthaler, a painter and gilder, at the age of 16 in Baden near Vienna, where he learned painting as a craft. From 1772 to 1776 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Franz Anton Maulbertsch , who employed him as an assistant in side altar paintings for churches in Győr (1772/74) and Götzens (1775).

In 1779 he traveled via Trieste , Venice , Bologna and Florence to Rome , where he worked as an assistant to Ignaz Unterberger . From 1782 to 1784 he was involved in the painting of the Palace of Caserta in Naples under Heinrich Friedrich Füger . He created allegories in the library and Viennese vedute in the boudoir and reception room of Queen Maria Karolina . In Naples he met Raphael Mengs and Johann Friedrich Reiffenstein . Influenced by Reiffenstein and Anne-Claude-Philippe, Comte de Caylus and Vicente Requeno, he learned encaustic painting in Rome .

Following orders for the Russian court, in 1789 he entered the service of the Salzburg Prince Archbishop Hieronymus von Colloredo , for whom he created an encaustic cabinet with 56 landscapes, images of animals and fruits, mythological and religious representations in the Prince Archbishop's residence . In 1794 he became a court painter , but was also allowed to work for other clients. He was also a groom and gallery inspector and worked as a collector, broker and advisor. After secularization  in 1803, he worked for the Elector Ferdinand of Tuscany  and then for the Bavarian Crown Prince and later King Ludwig I. He died in 1821 ravaged by gout and was at the Salzburg Petersfriedhof buried.

Nesselthaler created oil paintings and encaustic paintings with landscapes, religious and mythological motifs, portraits, but also altarpieces and frescoes for churches. He became famous for his banners and his collection of the most beautiful prospectuses in the country .

Works (selection)

Pyramus and Thisbe , 1795

• Collection of the most beautiful prospectuses in the country , 28 sheets, 1791–1795

• Encaustic still life with fruit , Museum Carolino Augusteum , Salzburg, 1792
• Encaustic Antiochus and Stratonice , St. Florian Monastery , 1796

• Oil painting Prokris and Cephalus , Residenzgalerie Salzburg , before 1793
• Oil painting Dionysus and Ariadne Museum Carolino Augusteum , Salzburg
• Oil painting Christ, the two greatest commandments announcing , St. Florian , 1800
• Oil painting Socrates, taking the cup of poison , St. Florian Monastery, 1800

• Side dome frescoes, sacrifice of Melchizedek and adoration of the most holy sacrament by the peoples of the earth , parish church Brixen im Thale , 1795
• High altar painting of the Nativity , parish church Hallein , 1799
• Altarpiece Adoration of the Shepherds and top picture St. Alban , parish church Matrei in Osttirol , 1807

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Nesselthaler, Andreas . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 20th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1869, pp. 196–199 ( digitized version ).
• F. Pagitz:  Nesselthaler, Andreas. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 72.
• Regina Kaltenbrunner:  Nesselthaler, Andreas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 75 ( digitized version ).
• Imma Walderdorff: The Prince Archbishop's residence in Salzburg under Prince Archbishop Hieronymus Graf Colloredo (1772–1803 / 1812). Dissertation, University of Vienna, 2010 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Andreas Nesselthaler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Andreas Nesselthaler (1748-1821). Prince Archbishop Colloredo's court painter. Salzburg Baroque Museum (PDF; 59 kB)