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Artists›Franz Anton Maulbertsch

Franz Anton Maulbertsch

German-Austrian, ?–1796

WA-00096901

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WikidataQ689388

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BiographyWikipedia· 88%
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Franz Anton Maulbertsch was an Austrian painter and engraver, one of the most renowned exponents of Rococo painting in the German and Hungarian regions.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 85% · Updated 8d ago

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Artworks (7)

The Quacksalver

1785 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper

Plate: 33.2 × 40.5 cm (13 1/8 × 16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 41.5 cm (13 7/16 × 16 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Glorification of the Royal Hungarian Saints

1772 · Oil on canvas

27 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (70 x 50.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Communie der apostelen

1765 · drypoint on paper

width: 324 cm, height: 418 cm

Rijksmuseum

Christ and the Apostles' Holy Communion

1760 · Etching in black on cream laid paper

Sheet: 41.8 × 31.4 cm (16 1/2 × 12 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Wenceslas at the Vintage, Attended by Angels and Putti

1744 · Brown ink with gray wash

sheet: 13 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (33.7 x 21.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nimfen en saters opgesteld rondom een siervaas

1734 · pen on ink, pencil, paper

height: 142 cm, width: 95 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Adoration of the Holy Lamb

1724 · Pen and brown ink, gray wash

sheet: 6 5/8 x 7 11/16 in. (16.9 x 19.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Nimfen en saters opgesteld rondom een siervaas
1734 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Communie der apostelen
1765 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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