Tobias Pock
Saint Helena
(1667).
Tobias Pock (or Poch, Bock or Pockh) (1609 - 12 June 1683) was an Austrian Baroque painter from Swabian descent, a pioneer of sacral art.
Pock was born in
Steiermark. His style is similar to the contemporary style of Southern Germany (München, Augsburg), but also contains influences from Flanders and Northern Italy. He died in Vienna
.
He left a considerable body of work:
- Stephansdom, Vienna: baroque altar painting "The Stoning of St. Stephen"(1640–47) (his earliest known work).
- Dominican church, Vienna:
- Altar of Saint Dominic: altar painting (1655), depicting the saint adoring the Trinity.
- Chapel of St. Catherine of Alexandria: altar painting
- Schottenkirche, Vienna: altar paintings Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (1649/1650), Assumption of Mary (1651/1655) and Saint Benedict (1654)
- Michaelerkirche, Vienna: high altar painting (1642)
- Maria Himmelfahrt basilica, Sankt Pölten: high altar painting Assumption (1658)
- Saint Helena(1667)
- Mariazell Basilica: high altar painting
- Decoration of the altar in the Dominikuskapelle at the Imperial Crypt, Vienna
- Cartesian monastery in Brno-Královo Pole: painting (now substituted by a less valuable picture)
- Svatý Kopeček (Saint Hill) near Olomouc, Basilica Minor, St. Pauline, 1681, Altar of the Chapel of St. Pauline
References
- Turner, J. - ISBN 1-884446-00-0
- Benezit, E. - Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs; Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1976; ISBN 2-7000-0156-7
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