Johann Friedrich Pereth

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Johann Friedrich Pereth (also Beretti , Peretti ; baptized November 16, 1643 in Salzburg ; † February 3, 1722 there ) was an Austrian baroque painter .

Life

Johann Friedrich Pereth was born the son of the Augsburg painter Johann Franz Pereth and his wife Christina Müller and was baptized on November 16, 1643 in Salzburg Cathedral . The name of his grandfather, which was written Peretti , suggests that the family came from Italy. Nothing is known about Johann Friedrich Pereth's education, he probably learned from his father. In 1665 he helped his father work on the triumphal arches for Emperor Leopold I on the occasion of his passage to Tyrol. After his father's death in May 1678, he took over his workshop.

Since Johann Friedrich Pereth, like his father, did not belong to the painters' guild , he mainly worked for parishes in the province of Salzburg, for which he created numerous altarpieces. After conflicts with the guild-bound painters, he was granted court protection by the Prince Archbishop in 1709 . Although he was very busy and valued, he did not make a fortune and received grace money from the city and state of Salzburg in old age . He died unmarried and childless in 1722 in Salzburg.

Pereth mainly painted pictures for church clients with religious picture statements in the sense of the ruling Counter-Reformation . His work shows the influences of Joachim von Sandrart and Johann Michael Rottmayr as well as the engagement with the Venetian painting of the 16th century, especially with Paolo Veronese . However, it does not achieve an overall effect as in the baroque picture composition, but remains with the joining of individual figures.

Works

Side altarpiece Vision of St. Theresa , Parish Church Abtenau (1687)
Ceiling painting Circumcision of Christ , Franciscan Church Salzburg (1704)
  • High altar picture of the Assumption of Mary and top picture of St. Trinity , branch church Irrsdorf , 1683/84
  • Altarpiece Maria Immaculata with symbols from the Lauretanian litany , Filialkirche Mühlrain , 1686
  • right side altarpiece Holy Family with the hll. Antonius von Padua and Franz de Paula and essay picture hll. Sebastian and Florian , left side altarpiece Maria with the hll. Erasmus and Barbara, Rupert and Virgil and Aufsatzbild hll. John the Baptist and Rochus , Morzg parish church , 1686
  • Left side altarpiece vision of St. Theresa with the donation of scapulars from Mary to Simon Stock , Abtenau parish church , 1687
  • High altar painting Martyrdom of St. Bartholomäus Parish Church Mauterndorf , 1687
  • Top image of the high altar St. Trinity , parish church St. Margarethen im Lungau , 1687
  • Side altarpiece of Mary giving the rosary to the poor souls in purgatory and image of Christ showing the wound on the side , parish church of St. Martin near Lofer , 1688
  • left side altarpiece Death of St. Joseph , top picture God the Father with the globe , right side altar picture miraculous healing of St. Anthony of Padua , top picture St. Felix von Cantalice , branch church Irrsdorf, 1689
  • Side altarpiece Seven Refuge , Parish Church Teisendorf , 1692
  • Former high altar painting Adoration of the Magi , parish church Bischofshofen , 1693
  • Ceiling painting with scenes from the life of St. Joseph, Joseph's Chapel, Franciscan Church , Salzburg, 1704
  • High altar painting St. George on horseback fighting the dragon , top picture Coronation of Mary , Bergheim parish church , 1704
  • High altar picture Penitent Mary Magdalene , top picture St. Helena , branch church Zell am Wallersee , 1707/08
  • High altar picture of Mary and the 14 Holy Helpers under the Cross of Christ , Oberhofen am Irrsee parish church , 1711
  • right side altarpiece hll. Sebastian, Nikolaus and Florian , left side altarpiece crucifixion , parish church Lend (attributed)

literature

  • Günther Heinz: Studies on painting in the 17th century in Salzburg. In: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde , Volume 94 (1954), pp. 86–121 ( PDF (3.3 MB) on ZOBODAT )
  • Alfons Kleiner: Beretti, Johann Friedrich. In: Artisti Italiani in Austria, University of Innsbruck, 2004

Web links

Commons : Johann Friedrich Beretti  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Konrad M. Müller: Johann Friedrich Pereth and the "Seven Holy Refuge". In: Barockberichte No. 55/56 (2011), pp. 583-588 ( PDF; 6.7 MB )
  2. ^ Oswald Scherer: The churches of Lend-Embach. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 2015 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Pereth, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beretti, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Salzburg baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1643
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1722
Place of death Salzburg