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Daniel Gran, 1694 Wien – 1757 St. Pölten, zugeschrieben APOTHEOSIS OF A HOLY BISHOP Oil on canvas. 61 x 51 cm. Oil bozzetto, probably for a ceiling or altarpiece. The saint kneels in adoration on a cloud in the upper right, wearing a white alba and a choir robe. Opposite him, angels hover in front of a center of light. Other figures on banks of clouds, including a putto holding a crozier, the saint's attribute. Due to a lack of further attributive evidence, it has not yet been possible to interpret the depiction. Gran, the son of a court cook and patronized by the House of Schwarzenberg, studied under Sebastiano Ricci in Venice and Francesco Solimena in Naples. In 1727 he became court painter in Vienna. His style shows him to be a representative of the classical direction of Austrian Baroque in accordance with the Viennese imperial style. This also explains the elegant restraint in the use of color, especially in his large commissioned works, which include large ceiling paintings in the Vienna Court Library, the Schwarzenberg Garden Palace, Klosterneuburg Abbey, Fridau Palace and many others. Literature: Cf. Eckhard Knab, Daniel Gran, Vienna/Munich 1977. Cf. Johann Kronbichler, GRANDEZZA - Der Barockmaler Daniel Gran 1694-1757, St. Pölten 2007. (14008949) (11)
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Daniel Gran, 1694 Wien – 1757 St. Pölten, zugeschrieben APOTHEOSIS OF A HOLY BISHOP Oil on canvas. 61 x 51 cm. Oil bozzetto, probably for a ceiling or altarpiece. The saint kneels in adoration on a cloud in the upper right, wearing a white alba and a choir robe. Opposite him, angels hover in front of a center of light. Other figures on banks of clouds, including a putto holding a crozier, the saint's attribute. Due to a lack of further attributive evidence, it has not yet been possible to interpret the depiction. Gran, the son of a court cook and patronized by the House of Schwarzenberg, studied under Sebastiano Ricci in Venice and Francesco Solimena in Naples. In 1727 he became court painter in Vienna. His style shows him to be a representative of the classical direction of Austrian Baroque in accordance with the Viennese imperial style. This also explains the elegant restraint in the use of color, especially in his large commissioned works, which include large ceiling paintings in the Vienna Court Library, the Schwarzenberg Garden Palace, Klosterneuburg Abbey, Fridau Palace and many others. Literature: Cf. Eckhard Knab, Daniel Gran, Vienna/Munich 1977. Cf. Johann Kronbichler, GRANDEZZA - Der Barockmaler Daniel Gran 1694-1757, St. Pölten 2007. (14008949) (11)
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