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Johann Baptist Zimmermann

Johann Baptist Zimmermann (3 January 1680, Gaispoint – 2 March 1758, Munich) was a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque. Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn. He and his brother Dominikus Zimmermann were descended from an artist family of the Wessobrunner School.

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Johann Baptist Zimmermann

Freising, Domkreuzgang: Johann Baptist Zimmermann (1685–1758) malte 1716 im Kreuzgang und in zwei südlich angrenzenden Kapellen 28 Fresken. (Er war außerdem an der Ausmalung der östlich an den Kreuzgang anschließenden Benediktuskirche beteiligt, siehe dort.) Der Kreuzgang hat allerdings bautechnische Probleme, mal sind es Risse, mal ist es Feuchtigkeit. Daher sind die Fresken mehr oder weniger sta

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Born
1680. · Wessobrunn.
Died
1758. · Munich.
Nationality
Germany.
Occupation
painter and plasterer.
Movements
Baroque.
Languages
German.

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Johann Baptist Zimmermann (3 January 1680, Gaispoint – 2 March 1758, Munich) was a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque. Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn. He and his brother Dominikus Zimmermann were descended from an artist family of the Wessobrunner School.

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