Johann Georg Platzer (1704–1761)

• Was a prolific Austrian Rococo painter and draughtsman.
• Platzer was born in Eppan in the County of Tyrol.
• He came from a family of painters.
• He painted primarily historical and mythical scenes.
• The Joanneum Alte Galerie in Graz houses the largest collection of Platzer's work under a single roof.
• Platzer worked with his uncle as a court painter in Passau.
• He returned to Eppan where he continued to work until his death in 1761.
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