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Johann Baptist Zimmermann

German architect
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  • Steinhausen: pilgrimage church
    Dominikus Zimmermann

    …was aided by his brother Johann Baptist Zimmermann (1680–1758), a notable Bavarian court stuccoist and a fresco painter.

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    …was aided by his brother Johann Baptist Zimmermann (1680–1758), a notable Bavarian court stuccoist and a fresco painter.

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  • Judith Leyster: Self-Portrait
    Western painting
    / Central Europe

    …Cosmas Damian Asam in 1739, Johann Baptist Zimmermann became the most important fresco painter in the Munich area; his lyrical handling of pale colors is typical of the Rococo period. Christian Wink continued to paint in the same style until the close of the century. In Georg Desmarées the court…

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    …Cosmas Damian Asam in 1739, Johann Baptist Zimmermann became the most important fresco painter in the Munich area; his lyrical handling of pale colors is typical of the Rococo period. Christian Wink continued to paint in the same style until the close of the century. In Georg Desmarées the court…

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