Leonhard Sattler (1676 Altstädten in the Allgäu - 1744 St. Florian/Upper Austria) attr; Pair of Atlantean sculptures Counterparts. Limewood, carved almost in full relief, slightly flattened at the back. Youths standing on a rectangular plinth as atlases. They turn strongly to the left and right in opposing, dynamic poses, pulling the long shawl up over one shoulder; the heads correspondingly diagonal and looking downwards. The sculptures, possibly originally created as models, are stylistically closely related to the four atlases that Sattler created in 1711-1713 for the abbey portal of St. Florian. After his training (presumably in Munich), Sattler was an assistant to Giovanni Giuliani (1664 - 1744) in Vienna. He is first documented in St. Florian in 1711, where he worked primarily for the monastery, one of the largest and best-known monasteries in Austria. Sattler's atlas sculptures were undoubtedly influenced by Giuliani's atlases, which he created for important buildings in Vienna from the end of the 17th century - Neuwaldegg Palace, Liechtenstein Palace and the city palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy. H. 62 cm. Another comparable piece is a terracotta model made by Sattler in 1711-1713 for St. Florian's Abbey in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. Attributed to Leonhard Sattler (1676 - 1744). A pair of carved limewood atlantes sculptures.