Schwanthaler
The Schwanthaler family was a family of sculptors from the Baroque and Rococo periods (17th – 19th centuries) in Ried im Innkreis in the Innviertel .
Hans Schwa (be) nthaler founded a sculptor's workshop in Ried in 1632, which existed until 1838. The Schwanthaler family of sculptors was resident and artistically active in Ried for over two centuries. The main masters of the Rieder Werkstätte include Thomas, Johann Franz and Johann Peter the Elder.
A branch of the sculpting family worked in Munich for two generations. The most famous representative of it is Ludwig Michael - creator of Bavaria .
Tribe list
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Hans Schwabenthaler (* ????, † 1656 in Ried)
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Thomas Schwanthaler (* 1634 in Ried, † 1707 ibid)
- Bonaventura Schwanthaler (* 1678 in Ried, † 1744 Enzenkirchen)
- Johann Josef Schwanthaler (* 1681 in Ried, † 1743 ibid)
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Johann Franz Schwanthaler (* 1683 in Ried, † 1762 ibid)
- Johann Dionysius Schwanthaler (* 1718 in Ried, † 1783 Hals near Passau)
- Rosina Schreiber (* illegitimate September 3, 1741, † October 4, 1741 in Wendling)
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Franz Mathias Schwanthaler (* 1714 in Ried, † 1782 ibid)
- Johann Georg Schwanthaler (* 1740 in Aurolzmünster, † 1810 Gmunden)
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Johann Peter Schwanthaler the Elder (* 1720 in Ried, † 1795 ibid)
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Franz Jakob Schwanthaler (* 1760 in Ried, † 1820 Munich)
- Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler (* 1802 in Munich, † 1848 there), namesake of the Schwanthalerhöhe
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Johann Peter Schwanthaler the Younger (* 1762 in Ried, † 1838 ibid)
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Franz Xaver Schwanthaler (* 1799 in Ried, † 1854 in Munich)
- Rudolf Schwanthaler (April 4, 1842, † April 27, 1879)
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Franz Xaver Schwanthaler (* 1799 in Ried, † 1854 in Munich)
- Franz Anton Schwanthaler (* 1767 in Ried, † 1833 Munich)
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Franz Jakob Schwanthaler (* 1760 in Ried, † 1820 Munich)
- Johann Dionysius Schwanthaler (* 1718 in Ried, † 1783 Hals near Passau)
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Thomas Schwanthaler (* 1634 in Ried, † 1707 ibid)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Schwanthaler in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon ) accessed on December 19, 2011
- ^ Baptismal register Pf. Wendling Tom 2 Pag. 72; Father: Dionysy Schwandaller solute his art a sculptor; Mother: Margarita Schreiber (* May 26th, 1717; father Johannes Thadäus Schreiber Bader married - from baptismal register Wendling Tom 1 Pag.126) Godmother: Rosina Staininger widow on the Hairlgut in Stötten Pf. Rottenbach