TROGER, Paul
(b. 1698, Zell unter Welsberg, d. 1762, Wien)

The Annunciation and the Four Prophets

1747
Fresco
St Ignatius of Loyola Church, Győr

Paul Troger was one of the outstanding Austrian painters of the period. As compared with the German painters the colouring used by these Austrian artists is brighter, more joyful and more voluptuous. Troger decorated the monasteries of Göttweig, Melk, Altenburg and Zwettle, and he influenced Franz Anton Maulbertsch, the most gifted painter of the period.

The scene of the Annunciation can be found on the ceiling of the nave.