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Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
Scenes from the Life of Saint Arianuscirca 1755

Not on view
Vertical oil painting with loose brushwork depicting two robed figures gesturing toward a wooden cross, with a crouching figure below surrounded by flames, set against a smoky background
Artist or Maker
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
Austria, Ebbs, 1709-1761
Title
Scenes from the Life of Saint Arianus
Place Made
Austria
Date Made
circa 1755
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 12 × 8 1/4 in. (30.48 × 20.96 cm) Frame: 22 × 16 × 2 in. (5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur L. Erlanger, by exchange
Accession Number
AC1997.118.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Jeromack, Paul. "High Taste, Low Budget." Art & Auction 24, no.2 (2002): 84-93.
  • Strasser, Josef. 2009. Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1702-1761: Olskizzen und Hinterglasbilder. Salzburg: Salzburger Barockmuseum.