Michael Waginger (artist)

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Anthony as the protector of the poor, sick and outcast

Johann Michael Waginger (* 1642 ; † 1713 ) was a Baroque painter .

Life

Waginger came from Kufstein . He often worked with the church sculptor Johann Michael Mayr and the altar carpenter Georg Lengerer .

Works

There are two paintings by Waginger in the chapel of the Thierberg ruins . One shows the dance of Salome and the beheading of St. John. This picture dates from 1702. Ten years younger is an oil painting that depicts the story of Margarete von Henneberg in two scenes. On the left you can see the noblewoman offending a mother with several children, on the right the punishment: According to a legend, Margarete von Henneberg is said to have given birth to 364 or 365 children at once who were baptized in a large vessel. This baptism can be seen on the right side of the picture.

In the branch church of St. Leonhard in Aschau in the Zillertal there is a high altar from 1704, the pictures of which are attributed to Michael Waginger.

The frescoes in the parish church of St. Petrus in Breitenbach am Inn may also come from him.

The pictures of the high altar of the Antonius Chapel in Bad Häring are also by Waginger. They are likely to have been made around 1708.

An eight-part cycle of pictures on the work of Antonius of Padua dates from around 1709 . It shows several healings from the sick as well as a depiction of outcast persons affected by leprosy and other ailments.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ekkart Sauser:  Mayr, (Johann) Michael. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 821-822.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  2. ↑ The Thierberg and the Thierberg Chapel. ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: thierbergkapelle.at @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thierbergkapelle.at
  3. ^ Filial church "St. Leonhard" (Diocese of Salzburg). ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: aschauimzillertal.at @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aschauimzillertal.at
  4. ^ Church choir Breitenbach am Inn - interior. on: kirchenchor-breitenbach.at
  5. ↑ Parish Bad Häring - Antonius Chapel. on: pfarre-badhaering.at
  6. ↑ Leper - St. Antonius as the patron saint of the outcasts on a cycle of pictures (around 1709). on: kulturraumtirol.at
personal data
SURNAME Waginger, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waginger, Johann Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1642
DATE OF DEATH 1713