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'''Franz Anton von Zauner''' (5 July 1746/48, Falpetan im Oberinntal, [[Tyrol (state)|TyroliaKaunerberg]] -– 3 March 1822, [[Vienna]]) was an Austrian sculptor who worked in the [[Neoclassical sculpture|Neoclassical]] style.

Although his parents were poor, they supported his desire to become an artist and a local sculptor helped him develop his woodcarving skills. When he was ten years old, he was apprenticed to an uncle who had a masonry workshop and remained there for ten years.<ref name="OL">* Constantin von Wurzbach: Zauner Edler von Falpatann, Franz. In: ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich''. Vol.59, Verlag L. C. Zamarski, Vienna 1890, pgs.203–207. [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLK%C3%96:Zauner_Edler_von_Falpatann,_Franz]</ref> In 1766, he was enrolled at the [[Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna]], where he became a teacherprofessor in 17811782 and alater Professordirector in 1796(1806-1815).<ref name="ADB">{{Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|44|727|730|Zauner von Feldpatan, Franz|Theodor Frimmel von Traisenau|ADB:Zauner von Feldpatan, Franz}}

A commission from Prince [[Wenzel Anton Kaunitz|Kaunitz]] for fountains at the [[Schönbrunn Palace]] enabled him to a stay in Rome from 1776 to 1781, initially under the sponsorship of [[Anton Raphael Mengs]]. While there, he became dissatisfied with what he felt were the superfluous mannerisms of the most popular sculptures and sought to create a purer Classical style. His equestrian statue of [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]], won him a knighthood from Kaiser [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Franz I]].<ref name="ADB" /> It later became the subject of a poem by [[Anastasius Grün]].<ref name="OL" /> He is also well known for a monument to [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]] in the [[Augustinian Church, Vienna|Augustinian Church]] and the tomb of Field MarshallMarshal [[Ernst Gideon von Laudon]] at the Schloss Laudon.

In the 1780s Zauner was a member of the Viennese Freemason lodge "Zur wahren Eintracht", where [[Joseph Haydn]] was also a member and [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] was a frequent visitor. In 1894 a street in Wien-[[Landstraße]] was named the "Zaunergasse" in his honor.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151024112927/http://www.viennatouristguide.at/Friedhoefe/Laudon_Hawei/laudon.htm Kunst und Kultur in Wien: Tomb of Field MarshallMarshal Laudon]

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