Harvest in Maxglan (Salzburg)
Framesize 43.00 x 48.00 x 7.00 cm
It appears to be a summer’s day, with peasants labouring at the (potato) harvest. On the right, one couple are digging in the field, another heaving the full sacks on to a horse-drawn cart. The sun’s rays are just breaking through the light cloud, dividing the landscape into light and dark areas. The building visible through the trees is the Gothic church in Maxglan, completed in 1519 – now only part of a new building (1952–1956). This side of the painting offers a view of the Bavarian hills.
Maxglan was incorporated into the town of Salzburg in 1935, and building increased rapidly, so this view is no longer possible. The artist’s standpoint was probably somewhere near the crossing of the Maxglaner Hauptstrasse and the Innsbrucker Bundesstrasse. In the foreground right, the shimmering waters of the yet unregulated Glan can be seen.
Habersatter Thomas: Anton Doll, Harvest in Maxglan (Salzburg). In: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hg.): Stadt - Land - Berg. Salzburg und seine Umgebung. Town - Landscape - Mountain. Salzburg and surroundings. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2022, p. 76, illus. p. 77