Halbax Michael Václav (1661 - 1711)    

Michael Václav Halbax 1661 (Ebenfurth) - 1 August 1711 (St. Florian bei Linz) - Austrian baroque painter, significant for Czech baroque, too (teacher of Peter Brandl, influence on Jindřich Nosek etc.) - a step-father of Brno painter Ignáce Eckstein education: (probably) student of Johann Carl Loth in Venice work: baroque painting with typical theatrical effects - illumination and standardized gestures, mural paintings