Johann Michael Rottmayr (1654–1730)

• Was an an Austrian painter.
• Rottmayr was born in Laufen an der Salzach, Bavaria.

• Along with his Laufen-born contemporary, Hans Adam Weissenkircher, he received his education from Johann Carl Loth in Venice.

• Rottmayr brought the Italian Renaissance to the north of the Alps.

• From 1689 onwards, he worked in Salzburg.

• He was employed as the general painter of the Prince-Bishop of Salzburg. 

• Johann Michael Rottmayr painted the inside of the central dome of the Melk Abbey.

• This particular painting was recently selected as the main motif of a very high-value collectors' coin: the Austrian Melk Abbey commemorative coin, minted on April 18, 2007.

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