This altarpiece was executed by Bartolommeo Altomonte (1693-1783). His father, Martino Altomonte was a principal master of Austrian Baroque painting who was born in Naples the son of a baker of Tyrolese origin. His compositional approaches, related to Neapolitan masters Francesco Solimena and Luca Giordano, and his plastic shaping in the manner of the Roman masters, had a definite influence on the next generation of Austrian painters, among them his son, Bartolommeo Altomonte.
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