Study for "The Presentation of Christ in the Temple" (for Saint Ulrich, Vienna)
Franz Anton Maulbertsch·c. 1750
Historical Context
Franz Anton Maulbertsch was the greatest Austrian Baroque fresco painter of the eighteenth century, whose dynamic, colorful compositions decorated churches and palaces across Central Europe. This study for the Presentation of Christ in the Temple for Saint Ulrich in Vienna from around 1750 demonstrates the vivid oil sketches (bozzetti) that Maulbertsch created to plan his monumental ceiling paintings.
Technical Analysis
The oil on canvas displays the explosive energy and brilliant color characteristic of Maulbertsch's preparatory sketches. The rapid, fluid brushwork and dynamic composition capture the essence of his Baroque vision with extraordinary vitality.
Provenance
Count Gyula Andrássy, Budapest; Countess F. K., London (granddaughter of Count Gyula Andrássy); Franz Szabó, London; Judith Szabó, London; Count Gyula Andrássy, Budapest;; Countess F. K., London (granddaughter of Count Gyula Andrássy);; Franz Szabó, London;; Judith Szabó, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963.
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