# The Annunciation and the Four Prophets

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TROGER, Paul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/troger-paul-r26d5bc2ce8ce1b>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Paul Troger was one of the outstanding Austrian painters of the period. As compared with the German painters the colouring used by these Austrian artists is brighter, more joyful and more voluptuous. Troger decorated the monasteries of Göttweig, Melk, Altenburg and Zwettle, and he influenced Franz Anton Maulbertsch, the most gifted painter of the period. The scene of the Annunciation can be found on the ceiling of the nave.

## Related artworks

- [Christ Comforted by an Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/troger-paul-r26d5bc2ce8ce1b/christ-comforted-by-an-angel-r0634d9eb1a1bbc>)
- [Healing of Old Tobit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/troger-paul-r26d5bc2ce8ce1b/healing-of-old-tobit-r8c21b55c56456f>)
- [St Sebastian and the Women](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/troger-paul-r26d5bc2ce8ce1b/st-sebastian-and-the-women-r40d71c6e989f8e>)

## Attribution

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