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Born in Welsberg in Tyrol in 1698, Paul Troger received his initial training from Giuseppe Alberti. An extended stay in Italy took him to Venice, Rome, Naples and Bologna, where he absorbed models that he transformed into a personal visual language. Arriving in Vienna in 1728, he found the major commissions that established his reputation chiefly in Lower Austria's monasteries.
His frescoes at Melk, Altenburg and Zwettl combine expansive compositions, animated figures and light invested with religious meaning. He also painted the Apotheosis of Charles VI in the staircase at Göttweig. In his oil paintings, atmospheric chiaroscuro supports a more concentrated narrative organisation. A teacher of Franz Anton Maulbertsch and Johann Wenzel Bergl, among others, Troger died in 1762.
This profile brings together identity references for Paul Troger and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Umkreis Christus am Ölberg
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2023-03-20
Published result : 400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on canvas
Umkreis Christus am Ölberg
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2022-12-16
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Oil on canvas
Paul Troger (1698-1762), école de, \\La Sainte
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2011-10-05
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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