Michelangelo Unterberger, also Michael Angelo Unterberger and Michelangelo Unterperger (11 August 1695,

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- 27 June 1758,

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) was a

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painter in the

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style.

Life

He was the son of a forest warden. His first studies were with

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in Cavalese. He completed his training with a study trip to Venice, where he worked with Nicola Grassi. After that, he moved to

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, where he painted a version of "The

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" in the town hall and became a citizen in 1726. In the years around 1730, he worked at various monasteries and churches in

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and the lower

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valley as an altar painter. His paintings include a "

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" at Vornbach Abbey and two versions of the "

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" at the chapel in

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and the parish church in St. Florian am Inn. Several works from this period have been lost. In 1737, he settled permanently in Vienna, establishing himself as one of the city's leading altar painters, receiving a number of commissions from the Imperial Court. From 1751 to 1754 and again from 1757 to 1758, he was the Rector of the "Imperial and Royal Court Academy of painters, sculptors and architecture" (now the

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). The title "Rector Magnificus" was originally bestowed upon him in 1751 by the Empress

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. Some of his best-known works in Vienna are at St. Michael's Church and the dome in St. Stephen's Cathedral.Web Gallery of Art: BBrief biography
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, who was also a well-known painter. In 1899, a street in Vienna's

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district was named after him.

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ArtNet: More works by Unterberger

Michelangelo Unterberger
@ Regiowiki Niederbayern und Altötting * {{DEFAULTSORT:Unterberger, Michelangelo 1695 births 1758 deaths People from Cavalese 18th-century Austrian painters 18th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters

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