Joseph Ignaz Appiani (October 16, 1706 – August 19, 1785) was a South-German

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

of late the Baroque. He was the son of the plasterer Pietro Francesco Appiani from

Porto Ceresio Porto Ceresio ( Varesino: ''Pòrt Cerési'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) on Lake Lugano in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about northeast of Varese, on the border with Switzerland ...

and Maria Sophia from

Fürstenfeldbruck Fürstenfeldbruck () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located 32 kilometres west of Munich. It is the capital of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck has had an air force base. Th ...

. His uncle was the plasterer Jacopo Appiani (1687–1742).

Works

Germany

Bavaria

* Ceiling painting in the "White Hall" of

Schloss Seehof Schloss Seehof is a ''Schloss'' (palace) in Memmelsdorf, Bamberg, Germany. It was built from 1684 to 1695 as a summer residence and hunting lodge for Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg, Prince-bishop of Bamberg. Location Schloss Seeh ...

in Memmelsdorf near

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castl ...

(1751–1752) * Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (1763 / 1764–1769) * Jesuit Church St. Michael in

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the '' Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzbur ...

(after 1770) * Triefenstein Monastery (from 1784) * High altar fresco in the old parish church of St. Jakobus in

Bad Kissingen Bad Kissingen is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and seat of the district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale river, it is one of the health resorts, which bec ...

, "Jakobus heals the sick on the way to his execution", signed "Appiani" on the Great Dane's collar on the left edge of the picture (from 1775) * Heidenfeld Monastery Church (1783/1784)

Baden-Württemberg

* Collegiate Church of the Assumption in

Lindau Lindau (german: Lindau (Bodensee), ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major town and island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the county ('' Landkreis ...

(1749) *

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in the

Marchtal Abbey Marchtal Abbey (german: Kloster Marchtal or ') is a former Premonstratensian monastery in Obermarchtal in the Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The minster church of Saints Peter and Paul, the former abbey church, located on a prominen ...

* Neues Schloss (frescoes in the stairwell vault and in the hall of mirrors) and Chapel of St. Karl Borromeo of the

Meersburg Meersburg () is a town in Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany. It is on Lake Constance. It is known for its medieval city. The lower town ("Unterstadt") and upper town ("Oberstadt") are reserved for pedestrians only, and connected by t ...

seminary (1761–1762) * Meersburg Neues Schloss April 2010 1020047

St. Michael, former church of the Deutschordenskommende Altshausen (approx. 1758 and approx. 1766/1767) * Holy Cross Chapel in Oberdorf near

Konstanz Konstanz (, , locally: ; also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. The city houses the University of Konstanz and was ...

(1748) * Catholic parish church St. Afra in

Obernheim Obernheim is a municipality of the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Obernheim became a possession of the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1805 and was assigned to . Five years later, in 1810, it was reassigned to , whic ...

(Zollernalb district) (1751–1754) * Stadtpfarrkirche St. Blasius,

Ehingen Ehingen (Donau) (; Swabian: ''Eegne'') is a town in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the left bank of the Danube, approx. southwest of Ulm and southeast of Stuttgart. The city, like the entire district ...

(

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), ceiling painting with the Last Supper (1763–1766)

Upper Palatinate

* Waldsassen Abbey Church (1727)

Rheinland-Pfalz

St. Peter's Church, Mainz St. Peter's Church (in German ''Peterskirche'') is located beneath Deutschhaus Mainz in the northwest of the historical center of Mainz, Germany. It is the one of the most important rococo buildings in Mainz. Originally it was a collegiate church ...

(1755/1756)

Hesse

* Bolongaropalast in

Höchst (Frankfurt am Main) Höchst ( or ) is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the ''Ortsbezirk West''. Höchst am Main was annexed by Frankfurt am Main in 1928, at the same time as Sindlingen, Unterliederbach and Zeilsheim. Höchst is situated 10&nbs ...

(1774) * Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in

Bad Camberg Bad or BAD may refer to: Common meanings *Evil, the opposite of moral good * Erroneous, inaccurate or incorrect * Unhealthy, or counter to well-being * Antagonist, the threat or obstacle of moral good Acronyms * BAD-2, a Soviet armored trolle ...

(1778–1779)

Switzerland

Herrliberg Herrliberg is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History There are findings dating back to the Bronze Age. In the 8th century, a village called ''Tächliswil'' was established. A hamlet calle ...

(1732) *

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...

(1732?) * Arlesheim Cathedral (1759–1760)

References

Joseph Appiani
at www.galerie-fach.de 1706 births 1785 deaths German Baroque painters {{Germany-painter-stub Catholic painters Court painters German people of Italian descent Rococo painters