Christoph Thomas Schaffler was a German painter of the rococo period. He is best known for his frescoes. Scheffler was born in Mainburg and learned the trade of a painter from his father Wolfgang Scheffler. Between 1719 and 1722, he worked as a journeyman for Cosmas Damian Asam. In 1722, he joined the Jesuit Order as a lay brother and painted several churches for the order. After he had left the order in 1728, he settled in Augsburg, where he died in 1756. Wikipedia
SCHEFFLER, Christoph Thomas, mitunter auch Schffler geschrieben, signierte meist TS, Freskomaler des Rokoko, 20.12. www.bautz.de/bbkl/s/s1/scheffler_c_t.shtml
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