Martino Altomonte

Martino Altomonte, born Johann Martin Hohenberg (8 May 1657, Naples – 14 September 1745, Vienna) was an Italian Baroque painter of Austrian descent who mainly worked in Poland and Austria.

[2] In 1684 Hohenberg became the court painter of John III Sobieski,[3] king of Poland, and changed his name to Altomonte upon the occasion.

One that was not destroyed, the Sacrifice of Abraham (now Tarnów, Diocese Museum), shows Altomonte as “a follower of Neapolitan chiaroscuro painting”.

Altomonte moved to Vienna c.1699-1702, where he remained for the rest of his life, creating many frescoes and altarpieces.

In 1707 he was appointed a teaching member of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste that probably lead to the commission to decorate the Neue Favorita, an annexe of Schloss Augarten.