ZEILLER, Jakob Johann
(b. 1708, Reutte, d. 1783, Reutte)

Ceiling fresco

1757-64
Fresco
Benedictine Abbey, Ottobeuren

The ceiling fresco in the Benedictine monastery of Ottobeuren is the masterpiece of the German/Tyrolean master who executed his main works in Southern Germany.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 19 minutes):
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme