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Johann Paul Schor

Also known as: Johann Paul Schor; primary name: Schor, Johann Paul; other name: Tedesco, Giovanni Paolo
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Roman; Venetian; Italian; German; Male
Life dates: 1615-1674
Biography: Painter and decorator. Baptised Innsbruck 1615, died Rome 1674. Johann Paul Schor (Giovanni Paolo Tedesco). He was son of the painter Hans Schor with whom he presumably trained in Innsbruck before transferring to Rome c. 1640. In 1654 he was elected a member of the Accademia di San Luca. Although Schor painted large altarpieces, for example that of the 'Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels' for the Mariahilfkirche, Innsbruck (1647-60), he worked primarily on decorative projects, producing designs for theatre, religious festivals, liturgical objects and furniture. The elaborate state coaches for the entrance of Queen Christina of Sweden into Rome were built according to his design (1655). From 1656 onwards, Schor's name appears regularly in the papal accounts. He served under three consecutive popes, Alexander VII Chigi (reg. 1655-67), Clement IX Rospigliosi (reg. 1667-9) and Clement X Altieri (reg. 1670-76), designing such objects as the mitre used for the coronation of Pope Clement X (1670). The ornamental details on Bernini's 'Cathedra Petri', St Peter's, in particular the foliage, have also been attributed to him (1660s). Schor's painted work includes frescoes executed under the direction of Pietro da Cortona (q.v.), possibly in collaboration with his younger brother Egid Schor, in the Palazzo Quirinale, where the scenes 'Noah's Ark', 'Jacob and the Angel' and 'Jacob Sold by his Brethren' in the Gallery of Alexander VII are generally attributed to him (1656). The 'quadratura' setting for the frescoed scenes by Giovanni Coli and Filippo Gherardi in the Galleria of the Palazzo Colonna is also his (1665-8). Schor left few paintings or frescoes in Roman churches; exceptions are the frescoes 'St Peter in Prison', the 'Virgin and Child' and figures of several saints in the second chapel to the left in S. Caterina da Siena a Magnanapoli.
Bibliography: Turner 1999. Thieme-Becker; Vol. 30; Leipzig 1936.

10 related objects

drawing; album

Museum number: 1952,0121.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Johann Paul SchorFormerly attributed to:Lodovico Gimignani |
Production date: 1600-1674

drawing; album

Museum number: At,10.117 |
Producer name: BIOG45523 Drawn by:Johann Paul Schor |
Production date: 1615-1674

drawing; album

Museum number: 1952,0121.54 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Johann Paul SchorAttributed to:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1614-1674 1563-1628

drawing; album

Museum number: 1952,0121.15 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Johann Paul SchorFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Battista Lenardi |
Production date: 1600-1674

drawing; album

Museum number: At,10.95 |
Producer name: BIOG45523 Drawn by:Johann Paul Schor |
Production date: 1615-1674

drawing; album

Museum number: 1952,0121.16 |
Producer name: BIOG45523 Attributed to:Johann Paul Schor |
Production date: 1614-1674

drawing; album

Museum number: At,10.93 |
Producer name: BIOG45523 Drawn by:Johann Paul Schor |
Production date: 1615-1674

drawing; album

Museum number: At,10.103 |
Producer name: BIOG45523 Drawn by:Johann Paul Schor |
Production date: 1615-1674

print

Museum number: 1866,0623.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paulus PontiusAfter:Johann Paul Schor |
Production date: 1649 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Leopoldus Guilielmus / Archidux Austriæ / Belgii et Burgundiæ / Gubernator |
Museum number: O,2.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paulus PontiusAfter:Johann Paul Schor |
Production date: 1649

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