Fall of the Magician Simon Magnus
Fall of the Magician Simon Magnus
1764
Oil/canvas
Picture size 71.70 x 41.60 cm
Framesize 79.80 x 53.00 x 3.70 cm
Framesize 79.80 x 53.00 x 3.70 cm
M K 1764 (signed bottom right)
16
Currently not in the exhibition
Austrian Baroque
© Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Illustration Fotostudio Ulrich Ghezzi, Oberalm
Research casts doubt on Knoller’s authorship of the work "Fall of the Magician Simon", hitherto attributed to him. Considerations include Troger’s altar leaf (1745) for the Premonstratensian Monastery of Hradisch, the almost indecipherable signature and various stylistic elements.
DUCKE Astrid: Knoller Martin, Fall of the Magician Simon, in: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, p. 100