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Austrian painter, engraver, teacher. Born in Vienna (circa 1720) in the family of Austrian court painter, draughtsman and engraver Anton Joseph von Prenner (1698–1761). Studied under his father in Vienna (1730s). Lived and worked in Rome (from 1742), where he painted altarpieces and contributed engravings to Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva d’Aragona’s Illustri Fatti Farnesiani coloriti nel Real Palazz...