View of Salzburg
Franz Xaver Mandl (1800 oder/or 1812 - vor/before 1880 (?))
Frame size 80.00 x 100.00 cm
Mandl takes the viewer from the Kapuzinerberg down to the town of his birth, which at the time was still small and surrounded by a town wall. The scene is framed by a weathered tree and a leafy tree. In the shady monastery garden, a monk is reading a book. On the opposite side of the Salzach the town, crowned by the Fortress and bathed in radiant sunlight, reveals details which have now vanished, such as the open St Michael’s gate, the fountain on the square behind (removed in 1841 to make way for the Mozart monument), and the ramp to the right of the gate, leading down to the river, where boatmen enliven the picture. Rising in the distance is Goldenstein Castle, and visible between the Nonnberg convent and the Fortress are two rock towers, the Barmsteine, above Hallein. Under a blue sky with few clouds the Tennen mountain range, Hoher Göll and Untersberg complete the picture.
Ducke Astrid: Franz Xaver Mandl, View of 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. 52, illus. p. 53