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Violinist. Study for “Diana Returning from the Hunt”. Ceiling fresco for the Ledererschlössel in Weidlingau near Vienna, 1929

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
India ink, color crayon on paper
60.1×44.1 cm

Artists

  • Anton Faistauer

    (St. Martin near Lofer 1887–1930 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Anton Faistauer’s (1887–1930) frescoes are counted among his most significant works today. In 1929, he received a commission for a fresco showing the subject of Diana Returning from the Hunt as a staircase ceiling decoration in the Ledererschlössel in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna. Before the former garden palace from the 18th century was demolished in the 1970s, the fresco was taken down and relocated to the Altes Borromäum of the Mozarteum University. In this study, we see from below a musician performing with verve a jaunty piece of music on the violine. He is wearing a red costume. The figure belongs to the fresco on the stair parapet.

RR, 2021

Object data

Artist/author
  • Anton Faistauer
Title
Violinist. Study for “Diana Returning from the Hunt”. Ceiling fresco for the Ledererschlössel in Weidlingau near Vienna
Date
1929
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
India ink, color crayon on paper
Dimensions
60.1×44.1 cm
Signature
Monogrammed and dated lower right in crayon: af / 1929; numbered. lower left in pencil: 700 S
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 3647
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Keywords
man/boymaking musicstanding figurefestive attire

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994).

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man/boymaking musicstanding figurefestive attire

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