Johann Steger (painter)

Johann Steger (also Stöger ) (* in Augsburg ) was a 17th century painter who worked in Bohemia.

Johann Steger came from Augsburg and married in Vienna in 1663 , where he is mentioned in a document in 1665, 1666 and 1669. In 1677 he painted the frescoes in the dome and the 6 chapels of the Marian pilgrimage church in Heiligenberg near Olomouc ( Svatý Kopeček ), in the Joseph chapel there is his signature "Johann Stöger fecit". The frescoes were restored by Johann Christoph Handke in 1730 and partly painted over and restored again in 1932. Further works are frescoes in the castle of the Prince-Bishop of Olmütz in Wischau (not preserved) as well as a cycle of frescoes with the legend of St. Romedius in the Romedius chapel of the Countess Thun's castle in Choltitz near Chrudim in Bohemia. Several graphic sheets for dissertations were created based on Steger's templates.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Steger, Johann . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 37th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1878, p. 319 ( digitized version ).
Edmund Wilhelm Braun : Steger (Stöger), Johann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 538 .
Petr Voit: Encyclopedia knihy. Starší knihtisk a příbuzné obory mezi polovinou 15. a počátkem 19. Století . Prague 2006, pp. 840-841 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

↑ Copper engravings afterwards in Amandus Friedenfels: Ectypon sumptuosae ac magnificae capellae S. Romedii, quam illustrissimus ... Romedius Constantinus, Sacri Romani Imperii comes de Thun etc. in arce sua Choltizensi extruxit (Prague 1699, digitized ) and Gloriosus sanctus Romedius ex comitibus de Thaur Andek… (Prague 1699, digitized ).

personal data
SURNAME	Steger, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stöger, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Painter, active in Bohemia
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	augsburg
DATE OF DEATH	17th century

[1] Copper engravings afterwards in Amandus Friedenfels: Ectypon sumptuosae ac magnificae capellae S. Romedii, quam illustrissimus ... Romedius Constantinus, Sacri Romani Imperii comes de Thun etc. in arce sua Choltizensi extruxit (Prague 1699, digitized ) and Gloriosus sanctus Romedius ex comitibus de Thaur Andek… (Prague 1699, digitized ).