!!!Altomonte, Martino

b. Naples (Italy), May 8, 1657, 
d. Heiligenkreuz (Lower Austria), Sept. 14, 1745, painter, father of 
Bartolomeo  Altomonte. Played an important role as mediator between 
Italian and Austrian art. From 1684 painter at the court of King Jan 
Sobieski in Warsaw, from 1707 member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 
Vienna, from the early 18th century worked mainly in Salzburg, Vienna, 
Upper and Lower Austria, Styria and Burgenland. From 1738 permanent 
employment ("Familiaris") and commission as a painter at the monastery 
in Heiligenkreuz.

!Works
Ceiling paintings and altarpieces: Vienna: 
(St. Stephen´s Cathedral, St. Peter's Church, 
St. Charles' Church, Lower Belvedere); Lower Austria: Krems an 
der Donau, Retz, Wiener Neustadt, Zwettl; Upper Austria: Linz 
(Karmeliterkirche, Ursulinenkirche, Seminarkirche), St. Florian 
(Monastery Chapel and Marble Hall), Stadl-Paura, Timelkam, Wilhering; 
Salzburg (Residenz); Styria: Poellau; Burgenland: Moenchhof. Main 
works also in Oesterreichische Galerie Belvedere (Baroque Museum), 
Vienna.

!Literature
H. Aurenhammer, M. A., 1965; H. Lorenz (ed.), Barock, 
Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Oesterreich, ed. by H. Fillitz, 
vol. 4, 1999.



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