Anton Petter

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Anton Petter
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Anton Petter (b. Vienna April 12, 1781; d. Vienna May 14, 1858) was an Austrian painter.

Biography

He visited Rome in 1808. In 1820 he became professor at the academy of Vienna, and in 1828 he was named director of that institution.[1]

Honors

He won several prizes at the academy of Vienna, to which he was admitted in 1814 in reward for his “Meleager murdered by his Mother in the Arms of his Wife.”[1]

Works

Among his works are:[1]

  • “Meeting of Maximilian with his Bride, Mary of Burgundy”
  • “Rudolph of Hapsburg”
  • “Queen Joan beside the Coffin of her Husband Philip”
  • “Charles V. visiting his Prisoner, Francis I”

References

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