'Johann Michael Feuchtmayer' (the Elder) (
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17 April 1666 in
Wessobrunn (baptism); â€
15 October 1713 in
Konstanz) was a German
painter and copper
engraver from the famous
Feuchtmayer family of
Baroque artists associated with the
Wessobrunner School.
J. M. Feuchtmayer is most famous for the 1706 high altar paintings in the Catholic Parish Church of St. Idda in
Bauen, Switzerland. With his brother
Franz Joseph, he was also responsible for the choir stalls in the
Benedictine monastery church in
Einsiedeln, Switzerland.
He was the brother of
Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660–1718) and
Michael Feuchtmayer (b. 1667); the uncle of
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (1696–1770),
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (1705–1764), and
Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (1709–1772); and the great-uncle of
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (b. 1735).
References
Swiss Institute for Art Research's SIKART Dictionary and Database