Martino Altomonte [SEP] place of death
Martino Altomonte
Martino Altomonte, born Johann Martin Hohenberg (8 May 1657, Naples – 14 September 1745, Vienna) was an Italian Baroque painter of Austrian descent who mainly worked in Poland and Austria.
Life and work.
Martino Altomonte (Johann Martin Hohenberg) was born in a family of painters. Hohenberg's father was born in the Tyrol and emigrated to Naples. At the age of 15 he was apprenticed to Giovanni Battista Gaulli in Rome. Later he trained under the guidance of Carlo Maratti.
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Bartolomeo Altomonte
Bartolomeo Altomonte, also known as Bartholomäus Hohenberg (24 February 1694, in Warsaw – 11 November 1783, in Sankt Florian), was an Austrian baroque painter who specialized in large scale frescoes. He was the son of Martino Altomonte, also a painter.
Altomonte was born in Warsaw, where his father, Martino Altomonte, had been appointed to the court of Jan Sobieskis. He was the third of six children. Altomonte spent most of his life in Linz and worked primarily in Austrian monasteries such as