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Artists›Paul Troger

Paul Troger

Austrian, 1698–1762

WA-00050526

Olomouc

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WikidataQ687059

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/51058
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-troger
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Paul Troger was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of the late Baroque period. Troger's illusionistic ceiling paintings in fresco are notable for their dramatic vitality of movement and their palette of light colors.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 16d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (15)

Saints Cosmas and Damian Caring for the Sick

1735 · etching with engraving on laid paper

plate: 38.2 x 26 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.) sheet: 39.6 x 27.4 cm (15 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Beggars with Their Dog

1728 · pen and brown ink on laid paper

overall: 34.3 x 22.8 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1721 · etching with roulette on laid paper

plate: 15.6 x 11.4 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 15.9 x 11.8 cm (6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

David with the Head of Goliath

1720 · etching on laid paper

plate: 11 x 7.7 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/16 in.) sheet: 11.2 x 8.2 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

River God

1720 · red chalk heightened on tan oatmeal paper, heightened with white chalk

overall: 44 × 53.7 cm (17 5/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Philosopher

1720 · etching on laid paper

plate: 10.8 x 8 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.) sheet: 11.4 x 8.3 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Pietà

1720 · etching on laid paper

plate: 19.4 x 12.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 in.) sheet: 19.9 x 12.9 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Buste van een lezende filosoof

1720 · etching on ink, paper

width: 80 cm, height: 108 cm

Rijksmuseum

Saint Joseph with the Christ Child

1715 · etching on laid paper

plate: 15.2 × 12.1 cm (6 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 15.8 × 12.8 cm (6 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

1712 · Pen and black ink, heightened with white gouache on gray paper. White oxidized.

17 3/8 x 11 1/4 in. (44.1 x 28.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Fallen Tree with Ruins

1700 · Pen and brown ink

sheet: 9 1/16 x 13 3/8 in. (23 x 33.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Desert Hermit Adoring the Crucifix

1698 · pen and iron gall ink and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 14.3 x 19.8 cm (5 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Dead Christ with Angels

1698 · pen and iron gall ink and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 14 x 20 cm (5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Baptism of Christ

1698 · pen and iron gall ink and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 13.8 x 20.2 cm (5 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

1698 · pen and iron gall ink and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 14.3 x 20 cm (5 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

15 published of 24 catalogued · 24 with image

Nga
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The Met
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Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
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Buste van een lezende filosoof
1720 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Buste van een lezende filosoof (1720 - 1730)

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Met Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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