The Deposition
by SAMBACH, Caspar Franz, Oil on canvas, 99 x 52 cm
Sambach studied under Raphael Donner in Vienna. In 1759, he was admitted to the Academy of Art, in Vienna, where he was appointed professor in 1762 and Head of the Department of Painting and Sculpture in 1779. He also exhibited a keen interest in mathematics and optics. In art, he was a promoter of Late Austrian Baroque and of the Rococo. After he had to give up sculpture, on grounds of ill health, he painted reproductions of relief carvings, his favourite models being Donner’s works.