#josef platzer

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Caesar Octavianus finds Cleopatra by the body of Antonius

by Josef Platzer

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Krajina s antickými ruinami (Landscape with Ancient Ruins), Josef Platzer (1751 - 1806), before or around 1780

Zříceniny s fontánou (Ruins with a Fountain), Josef Platzer, 1780s

Platzer was one of the most significant practitioners of theatre art at the turn of the 19th century. He is firmly connected with stage designs for theatres in Vienna, where he also became a member of the Academy. Platzer’s paintings were always preceded by numerous painstakingly rendered sketches - after all his diligince in drawing can be supported by the painter himself: “I throw graphite and colour on paper in the hours when others throw dice and cards on tables, and I do it solely out of playfulness.” In his work Platzer could not deny being the son of the famous Prague sculptor, Ignaz Franz Platzer. His paintings of architecture thus often include works of sculpture - as for example Neptune’s Fountain, which appears in both works.

They are currently part of the Schwarzenberg Palace gallery in Prague

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Josef Platzer (1751-1806) - Phantastische Palastarchitektur mit einem Torbogen

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Josef Platzer - Caesar Octavianus finds Cleopatra by the body of Antonius (1802)