Balthasar Augustin Albrecht
Balthasar Augustin Albrecht (born January 6, 1687 in Berg am Starnberger See , † August 15, 1765 in Munich ) was a Munich court painter .
Life
He was the creator of the altarpiece in the Wieskirche in 1753/54 and frescoed the Munich residence . He also made altarpieces for Dießen , Polling , Schäftlarn and the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Munich as well as St. Michael in Niederaudorf . Another altarpiece, originally made for the house chapel of a Munich merchant couple, is now in the old Sollner church .
Albrecht was also responsible for several altar leaves in the baroque monastery church in Münsterschwarzach , which has now been abandoned . Here he created the Sebastianspflege, an Ecce Homo representation and the paintings of the monastery saints Benedict and Scholastica of Nursia.
literature
- Upper Bavarian Archive for Patriotic History. Volume 13, 1852, p. 141 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Lorenz Maier : Albrecht, Balthasar Augustin. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 13 ( digitized version ).
- Otto Weigmann : Albrecht, Balthasar Augustin . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 231–232 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
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| SURNAME | Albrecht, Balthasar Augustin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Albrecht, Balthasar August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Munich court painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1687 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mountain on Lake Starnberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 1765 |
| Place of death | Munich |