Watzmann

In 1866 Mayburger focused on the "Watzmann", one of the most popular landscape motifs at the time, not only for its impressive profile, but also for the legend of the cruel King Watz(e)mann and his family, who in the end were turned to stone as punishment for their inhumanity. The range represents the large (king) Watzmann, the small (queen) Watzmann, with their (reputedly) seven children in between. The number and height of the actual “children’s” peaks is debatable.
The shady meadow landscape in the foreground, with the Salzach flowing through it, is enlivened by goats and cows. Behind it, Mayburger has combined the striking formations of the Schönfeldspitze, Watzmann, Hochkalter and Barmsteine (Hallein) into a mountain panorama.
The work once belonged to Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842–1919).

Ducke Astrid: Josef Michael Mayburger, Watzmann. In: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hg.): Stadt - Land - Berg. Salzburg und seine Umgebung. Town - Landscape - Mountain. Salzburg and surroundings. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2022, p. 108, illus. p. 109