Johann Jakob Zeiller
Austrian painter
Johann Jakob Zeiller (8 July 1708 – 8 July 1783) was an Austrian painter.
Zeiller was born in Reutte, trained by his father Paul who was also a painter. In 1723 he began his apprenticeship with Sebastiano Conca in Rome, and then from 1729 to 1732 with Francesco Solimena in Naples. From there, Zeiller moved directly to Vienna, where he operated from 1733 until 1743 as an employee of Paul Troger. In 1737 he received the coveted title of an imperial court painter from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Zeiller painted primarily religious-themed frescoes. He did frescoes for the Aldersbach Abbey in Fürstenzell and the Ettal Abbey. He later returned to Reutte where he continued to work until his death in 1783. He contributed many frescoes in churches in Tyrol.
Works
As an employee of Paul Troger
1733/1734: Ceiling frescoes in the Altenburg collegiate church
1734: Ceiling painting and lunette frescoes in the Sankt Pölten Abbey Library
1735: Painting of the pilgrimage chapel in Heiligenkreuz-Gutenbrunn
1735: The ballroom in the Seitenstetten Abbey is painted
1736/1738: Frescoes in the prelate rooms and in the ballroom of Altenburg Abbey
1737: Painting of the crypt chapel in Röhrenbach near Horn
1738: Decoration of the staircase and the summer refectory in the Geras Abbey
1739: Painting of the "Salettl" in Melk Abbey
1740/1741: Ceiling fresco in the library of Seitenstetten Abbey
1742: Works in the Elisabethinen monastery church in Pressburg
1744: works in the Jesuit church of Győr (Hungary)
Independent work
1739: Dome fresco of the castle and parish church in Rosenau
1742/43: Frescoes with allegorical representations in the library vestibule and above the bookcases from Altenburg Abbey
1744/45: Ceiling frescoes, high altar and other side altar paintings in the church of the Fürstenzell monastery
1746: Ceiling paintings in the sacristy, abbot chapel and sacrament chapel of Aldersbach monastery
1747: Ceiling paintings in the refectory (destroyed) and in the sacristy of Ettal Abbey
1748–52: Dome fresco of the monastery church of Ettal Abbey
1752: Dome fresco of the Anastasia Chapel in Benediktbeuern Monastery
1752/53: Ceiling frescoes in the Curate Church of St.
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