Michelangelo Unterberger

Michelangelo Unterberger, also Michael Angelo Unterberger and Michelangelo Unterperger (11 August 1695 – 27 June 1758) was a South Tyrolean painter in the Baroque style.

Life He was born in Cavalese then within the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, as the son of a forest warden. His first studies were with Giuseppe Alberti in Cavalese. He completed his training with a study trip to Venice, where he worked with Nicola Grassi. After that, he moved to Bolzano, where he painted a version of "The Judgment of Solomon" in the town hall and became a citizen in 1726.

In the years around 1730, he worked at various monasteries and churches in Passau and the lower Inn valley as an altar painter. Often cited as his finest work is his depiction of Saint Mary's death at Brixen Cathedral. Upon his death in 1758 in Vienna, his valuable collection of paintings and drawings was bequeathed to his younger brother Franz, who was also a well-known painter.

In 1899, a street in Vienna's Brigittenau district was named after him.