# Decoration of the dome

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ROTTMAYR, Johann Michael](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The Benedictine Abbey, located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, was founded in 1089. The Baroque abbey was built between 1702 and 1736 to designs by Jakob Prandtauer. The abbey church is decorated with frescos by Johann Michael Rottmayr.

## Related artworks

- [Aeneas&#39;s Sacrifice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/aeneass-sacrifice-rc10d5680a1c1f6>)
- [Allegories of Princely Munificence \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/allegories-of-princely-munificence-detail-r02528022acbadb>)
- [Allegory of Architecture \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/allegory-of-architecture-detail-r5b3ac6af821334>)
- [Andromeda Being Taken Up into Olympus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/andromeda-being-taken-up-into-olympus-r35f58409fed911>)
- [Apotheosis of St Charles Borromeo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/apotheosis-of-st-charles-borromeo-r1cd8d5ec92f558>)
- [Ariadne Handing Theseus the Thread](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/ariadne-handing-theseus-the-thread-rcb806070944131>)
- [Homage to a Tutelary Goddess](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/homage-to-a-tutelary-goddess-rc7d97429206d28>)
- [Military Genius Taken Up into Olympus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/military-genius-taken-up-into-olympus-detail-rbda2e6faad6133>)
- [Minerva Bears the Military Genius Off to the Realm of the Gods \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/minerva-bears-the-military-genius-off-to-the-realm-of-the-gods-detail-r26029762228d5c>)
- [Putto with Cornucopeia \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/putto-with-cornucopeia-detail-r80631ecf468662>)
- [Retinue of Mars and Venus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rottmayr-johann-michael-r0a3b9da5073ad4/retinue-of-mars-and-venus-detail-rc21b4aa38577e6>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)