Palace Interior with Dancing Scene

Johann Georg Platzer 1730 - 1735

Skokloster Castle
Skoklosters, Sweden

Signed J G Platzer. The painting depicts a scene of bacchanalian inspiration with a large company of figures dancing and drinking in a palace. The costumes suggest that the scene is of historical or mythological origin, possibly from the Odyssey.

Details

Title: Palace Interior with Dancing Scene
Creator: Johann Georg Platzer
Creator Lifespan: 1704 - 1761
Creator Nationality: Austrian
Creator Gender: male
Creator Death Place: Eppan
Creator Birth Place: Eppan
Date Created: 1730 - 1735
Location Created: Vienna, Austria
artist: Johann Georg Platzer
Tags: Rococo
Provenance: Fredrik I of Sweden (1676-51), Queen Lovisa Ulrika (1720-82), Magnus Fredrik Brahe (1756-1826), Magnus Brahe (1790-1844)
Physical Dimensions: w 670, h 480 mm (without frame)
Artist info: In Austria there were never an actual breaking point between the baroque and the rococo. For a large part of the 18th century there was more of a fusion of the two that over time transcended into the new styles and ideas of the times. The paintings of Johann Georg Platzer are in many ways a product of that blending of styles. Platzer was born in South Tyrol, but spent most of his career in Vienna, mostly painting genre and historical scenes preferably on copper, since the material allowed a different kind of detailed complexity.
Type: Oil on copper
External Link: Skokloster Castle

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