Johann Michael Sattler (28 September 1786,

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– 28 September 1847, Mattsee) was an Austrian

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and

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, best known for his large-scale

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Life and work

He began his studies in 1804, at the

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, where his primary instructor was

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. Initially, he worked as a portrait painter. In 1816, he married Anna Maria Kittenberger, Maurer's foster daughter. Three years later, he moved to

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. In 1824, he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Emnperor

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, who was there on a visit. He was so impressed by Sattler's talent and the beauty of the city, that he expressed a desire to see Salzburg with its romantic surroundings presented as a

. That same year, he began making sketches. It was completed in 1829, with the assistance of

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and , and covered 125 square meters (app. 1,345 sq.ft.). He was named an

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in appreciation. This was followed by an extended tour throughout Europe, accompanied by his wife and two children, "with 30 tons and crossing approximately 30,000 kilometres of land and water, a feat no one had ever done before me and one which would be difficult to repeat in the future".Quoted in Bernard Comment. ''The Panorama'', Reaktion Books, 2003, p. 54. . It was shown until 1839, and made a significant contribution to the tourism industry in Salzburg. His son,

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, donated the panorama to the city of Salzburg in 1870. It was set up in a specially designed pavilion at the in 1875. Later, it was moved to the

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and was severely damaged when the building was destroyed during

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. Today, it may be seen at the , which contains several panoramas by Sattler and his son. Sattler panorama gross

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* (German
Ein neues Museum für Sattlers Salzburg-Panorama

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sattler, Johann Michael Painters from the Austrian Empire Austrian landscape painters 1786 births 1847 deaths Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni People from Lower Austria Physicians from Salzburg Portrait painters

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