Andreas Nesselthaler (1748 - 1821)

Nesselthaler trained as a gilder, then from 1772 studied with Franz Anton Maulbertsch at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. From 1779 to 1782 he worked for Ignaz Unterberger in Rome, where he became acquainted with the classicistic principles of Anton Raphael Mengs. Under Friedrich Heinrich Füger, he painted frescos in the royal palace of Caserta, near Naples, before returning to Rome. In 1789 he entered the service of Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus von Colloredo, the last reigning Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, for whom he created an encaustic cabinet, and was appointed court painter and gallery inspector. After the secularisation of the Archbishopric in 1803, he was employed by Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany and King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Author: Ducke Astrid

Literature: Ducke Astrid: Stadt Salzburg • The Town of Salzburg, in: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hrsg./Edi.) Stadt · Land · Berg. Salzburg und seine Umgebung. Town · Landscape · Mountain. Salzburg and surroundings. Salzburg 2022, S./p. 56