Anton Petter

Anton Petter

The entry of Emperor Maximilian I into Ghent , 1822, Belvedere , Vienna

Anton Petter, King Přzemysl Ottokar's son Wenzel asks Rudolf von Habsburg for the corpse of his father, who died in the Battle of Dürnkrut in 1278, 1826, Belvedere , Vienna

Anton Petter (born April 12, 1781 in Vienna ; † May 14, 1858 there ) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Anton Petter was born in the then Viennese suburb of Mariahilf and was the son of the draftsman and architect Johann Baptist Petter and the cousin of the flower painter Franz Xaver Petter . From 1792 he studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts , where he mainly copied old masters . In 1808 he went to Rome and in 1809 was the first artist to receive the Reichel Prize endowed with 1500 guilders . In 1814 Petter became a member of the Vienna Academy, in 1820 a proofreader and in 1822 a professor of history painting . From 1829 to 1850 he headed the academy's painting and sculpture school.

power

Anton Petter was an Austrian classicist painter . In addition to antique subjects, he dealt primarily with religious and historical images from Austrian history.

Works (selection)

• Death of Meleager (Vienna, Picture Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts , Inv. No. 167)
• Emperor Maximilian I and Maria of Burgundy (Graz, Neue Galerie Graz ), 1813
• Phädra , 1817, ( Mödling , Museum Mödling ), oil on canvas, 190 × 252 cm
• The Entry of Emperor Maximilian I into Ghent , 1822, Belvedere , Vienna, oil on canvas, 286 × 387 cm
• King Přzemysl Ottokar's son Wenzel asks Rudolf von Habsburg for the corpse of his father , who died in the battle of Dürnkrut in 1278 , 1826, Belvedere , Vienna, oil on canvas, 180 × 222 cm
• King Ahasver condemns Haman to death , 1835, Belvedere , Vienna, oil on canvas, 128 × 159 cm
• Murder of St. Wenceslaus , 1844 ( Opava , Czech republic), oil on canvas, 850 × 510 cm

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Petter, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, pp. 135–137 ( digitized version ).
• Anton Schlossar :  Petter, Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 540 f.
• R. Schmidt:  Petter Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 12.

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