Daniel Gran
| Daniel Gran | |
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| Born |
22 May 1694 Vienna |
| Died |
16 April 1757 (aged 62) Sankt Pölten |
| Nationality | Austria |
| Education | Sebastiano Ricci (Venice, Italy) and Francesco Solimena (Naples, Italy) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | St Anna's Church's frescoes (Vienna), Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Prunksaal's frescoes |
| Movement | Baroque |
Prunksaal: allegory of peace and heaven. Ceiling painting made by Daniel Gran (1694-1757) finished in 1730.
Prunksaal: allegory of war and law. Ceiling painting made by Daniel Gran (1694-1757) finished in 1730.
Daniel Gran (22 May 1694 – 16 April 1757) was a painter born in Vienna in 1694 who died at Sankt Pölten in 1757. His pictures ornament several public buildings in his native city. He was of some consideration in his time, but his works are not known out of Austria and Germany today.[1]
Works
Frescoes
- Palais Schwarzenberg (Vienna)
- Prunksaal of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (formerly Hofbibliothek) (Vienna)
- Eckartsau castle
- Pilgrimage church Sonntagberg
- cathedral in Sankt Pölten
- Kaisersaal in Stift Klosterneuburg
- Neues Rathaus and Landhaussaal in Brno
Altar paintings
- Churches in the Stift Herzogenburg and Stift Lilienfeld
- Parish Church of Hirschstetten
- Cathedral in Sankt Pölten
- St Anna's church (Vienna)
Self-portrait in the monastery of Herzogenburg.
Gallery
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St. Elizabeth Distributing Alms, 1736
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Allegory of Four Seasons
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Glory of Virgin Mary
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Monastery Ceiling fresco
Notes
- ↑ Bryan, Michael (1849). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 293.
References
- Knab, Eckhart (1977). Daniel Gran (in German). Herold. p. 308. ISBN 3-7008-0131-9.
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