BAUMGARTNER, Johann Wolfgang
(b. 1702, Kufstein, Tyrol, 1761, Augsburg)

The Prodigal Son Living with Harlots

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Oil on canvas, 28 x 38 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

In his small painting depicting the biblical tale about the prodigal son Baumgartner not only used the rocaille as a frame, but as a motif in itself. The rocaille, a type of ornament typical of the Rococo, winds its way into the architectural setting of the scene, dissolving stone niches and intermingling with the balustrade.




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