Corrective addendum to the biography of the painter Holzer
A brief correction and supplement to the biography of the painter Johann Evangelist Holzer published in the Bote für Tirol. It clarifies the ecclesiastical career of his brother and identifies the locations of artworks in Miemingen and Stams Abbey.
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Appendix.
Corrective addendum to the biography of the Tyrolean painter Holzer *)
Holzer's clerical brother was indeed parish priest in Silz (which the article denied) and later parish priest in Miemingen.
The drawing depicting a priest assisting a dying man is located in the chapel of the parish house in Miemingen.
The Abbey of Stams, to which Schöpf bequeathed his artistic estate out of gratitude, also boasts of possessing among it a painting by Holzer's brush, depicting the Holy Virgin with the Divine Child in her lap handing the rosary to Saint Dominic, beside whom Saint Catherine of Siena kneels.
*) See Nos. 10 and 12 of the Bote von und für Tirol und Vorarlberg.
1830 at a glance
In 1830, reporting focused on cultural-historical and biographical accounts of the Tyrolean baroque painter Johann Evangelist Holzer. Supplementary notes highlighted his family background and the whereabouts of regional artworks, thereby documenting contemporary historiography and art preservation. Local events, such as a quickly extinguished fire in Bolzano, were also recorded. →
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"Corrective addendum to the biography of the painter Holzer." Der Bote für Tirol, 8 March 1830. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/47/1/08.03.1830/150648/4. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1830-03-08-berichtigender-nachtrag-zur-biographie-des-malers-holzer