Johann Michael Feuchtmayer

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Baitenhausen pilgrimage church, Meersburg: Immaculata , around 1710–1715, attributed to Johann Michael Feichtmayr; Detail: Adam and Eve (in the figure of Adam on the left edge of the picture a self-portrait of the painter is assumed)

Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the elder) (born April 17, 1666 in Wessobrunn (date of baptism), † October 15, 1713 in Konstanz ) was a German painter and engraver from the Feuchtmayer family , who is assigned to the Wessobrunn school . He was a brother of Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660-1718) and Michael Feuchtmayer (* 1667).

To the work of JM Feuchtmayer d. Ä. belongs to the high altar painting of St. Idda in the Catholic parish church of St. Idda in Bauen (Switzerland), 1706. Together with his brother Franz Joseph he created sculptures for the choir stalls of the Einsiedeln monastery in Switzerland.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Feuchtmayer, Johann Michael (I.). In: Sikart ; Schnell / Schedler (Lexikon der Wessobrunner, 1988) does not list the work for Einsiedeln
personal data
SURNAME Feuchtmayer, Johann Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feuchtmayer, Johann Michael the Elder Ä .; Feichtmair, Johann Michael the Elder Ä .; Feuchtmayr, Johann Michael the Elder Ä .; Feichtmayr, Johann Michael the Elder Ä.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and engraver of the Baroque era
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH Wessobrunn
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1713
Place of death Constancy