Johann Georg Platzer | |
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Born | Eppan, County of South Tyrol, Austria | 24 June 1704
Died | 10 December 1761 Eppan, County of South Tyrol, Austria | (aged 57)
Nationality | Austrian |
Known for | Painter, draughtsman, sculptor and print-maker |
Movement | Orientalist; Rococo |
Johann Georg Platzer (1704–1761) was a prolific Austrian Rococo painter and draughtsman.
Platzer was born in Eppan in the County of Tyrol, and came from a family of painters. He painted primarily historical and mythical scenes. The Joanneum Alte Galerie in Graz houses the largest collection of Platzer's work under a single roof. Platzer worked with his uncle as a court painter in Passau. He returned to Eppan where he continued to work until his death in 1761.[1]