Salzburg from the east

As artists and their potential clientèle started travelling more extensively, standard views of particularly picturesque landscapes became familiar at the end of the 18th century and increasingly during the 19th. Around 1800, Nesselthaler made realistic studies of subjects in the town of Salzburg. Here, in true baroque tradition, the scene is enclosed on either side by trees and bushes; in the centre of the shady foreground stands a cow beside a goat lying on the east bank of the Salzach. Leaning on a staff, the herdsman looks over the busy river towards the walled town. Despite imprecise dimensions, recognisable on the skyline are the Nonnberg convent, Fortress, St Cajetan’s Church, St Peter’s, Cathedral, Franciscan Church, Glockenspiel, St Michael’s Church, Collegiate (University) Church, town hall tower and Ursuline (St Mark’s) Church, with the first slopes of the Untersberg and the Staufen behind.

DUCKE Astrid mit einem Beitrag von/with a text by Helga Buchschartner (HB), Stadt Salzburg/The Town of Salzburg, in: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas (Hrsg./Edited): Stadt ∙ Land ∙ Berg. Salzburg und seine Umgebung. Town ∙ Landscape ∙ Mountain. Salzburg and surroundings. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2022, S./p. 56–57