Johann Peter Schwanthaler
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Johann Peter Schwanthaler (1720-1795) was an Austrian sculptor from the Schwanthaler family, creating Baroque altarpieces and church decorations in Upper Austria. The family workshop in Ried im Innkreis produced religious sculptures for churches across the region for over a century.
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About Johann Peter Schwanthaler
He created Baroque altarpieces and church sculptures in Upper Austria as part of the Schwanthaler family workshop, which supplied religious art to churches throughout the region.
He lived from 1720 to 1795, working within the Schwanthaler family workshop in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria.
His sculpture God the Father (1755) is held at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The family workshop in Ried im Innkreis supplied religious sculptures to churches across the region for more than a century.
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