Johann Karl von Reslfeld

Reslfeld: self-portrait

"Mariae Himmelfahrt", high altar painting (on canvas), Seitenstetten Abbey

Johann Karl von Reslfeld (* 1658 in Schwaz ; † January 13, 1735 in Garsten ) was an Austrian baroque painter .

Life

Born in 1658 in the Tyrolean Schwaz as Johann Carl Resler, he came to Steyr at an early age , where he received the support of Baron von Riesenfels . This enabled him to spend four years in Venice with Johann Carl Loth (Carlo Lotto). In 1684 he returned and joined the Garsten Monastery as a pen painter . He initially received a scholarship of 200 florins there  , but soon joined the house association as a familiar . However, this was not an exclusive relationship, because he also carried out other work, for example for the Provost Prince Losenstein in Passau. Reslfeld died on January 13, 1735 in Garsten Abbey.

Work (selection)

• Saint Joseph with baby Jesus in the parish church of Urfahr .
• Altarpiece with the Adoration of the Magi (1688) in the parish church of Steyr . Today above the entrance to the baptistery.
• Saint Sebastian in the Steyr parish church.
• Image of the fourteen emergency helpers at the high altar of the Steyr Margaret Chapel . This painting originally comes from the Maria Magdalena church in Haselgraben near Linz, which belongs to Garsten Abbey.
• Dome fresco with the Assumption of Mary and Christmas picture on the left side altar in the Christkindl pilgrimage church .
• High altar picture Descent from the Cross or Lamentation of Christ in the parish church of St. Magdalena in Linz (1693)
• High altar picture of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the Abbey and Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary in the Seitenstetten Abbey (1706)
• Series of 14 views of the parishes of the Garsten Monastery.
• Vesper picture, private property, Vienna.

gallery

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  Crucifixion of Christ , former altarpiece in the Auhof Palace Chapel near Linz, today a branch church in Oberthalheim

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  Adoration of the Magi , former altarpiece in the Steyr parish church

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  Fourteen emergency helpers , Steyr Margaret's Chapel

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  Saint Sebastian , Steyr parish church

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  St. Joseph with baby Jesus , Urfahr parish church

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  Maria Stain (now Frauenstein ). From the series 14 Views of Parishes of the Garsten Monastery

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Röslfeld, Karl von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 246 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Albert Ilg:  Reslfeld, Johann Karl v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 784 f.
• Peter Prange:  Reslfeld, Johann Carl von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 442 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Mathias F. Müller: A Vesper picture by Johann Karl von Reslfeld, the Upper Austrian Baroque painter from Garsten. In: Communications from the Society for Comparative Art Research in Vienna. 64–1 / 2 (2012), pp. 21–22.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Rudolf Lehr: Landeschronik Oberösterreich , Verlag Christian Brandstätter 2008 ISBN 978-3-85498-331-6 , p. 135
2. ^ Albert Ilg:  Reslfeld, Johann Karl von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 784 f.
3. ^ ^{A b c} Rudolf Koch, Bernhard Prokisch (ed.): City parish church Steyr - building history and art history. Wilhelm Ennsthaler Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-85068-366-4 , p. 159 ff (section: The altar leaves , b / w photos in the subsequent picture section).
4. ↑ Manfred Brandl: Neue Geschichte von Steyr , Ennsthaler 1980 ISBN 3-85068-093-2 , p. 67f.
5. ↑ Steyr online. Buildings: Pilgrimage Church Christkindl , opened on October 25, 2011
6. ↑ Diocese of St. Pölten: Folder “Between Heaven and Earth”; Brno 2018 ( online)

Web links

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