Munich Bavarian National Museum (München Bayerisches Nationalmuseum)
Artwork
The so-called House-Madonna in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich
Type
Sculpture
Critical History
The so-called "House Madonna" (inv. no. is 50/113) is a relief with a bust of Maria holding Jesus as a little child in her right arm. Some clouds are beyond her body two putti are flying in front of the scene. The relief was created by J. B. Straub for the facade of the house he bought in Munich in 1741 in Hackenstreet 10. Volk dates it in 1759. On the backside the year 1759 and ST is carved into the wood.1
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Construction / Execution
The relief is carved in oakwood with rests of polychromy. Its height is 99cm.
Components
Sculpture
The socalled Housemadonna in the Bavarian National Museum
Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
Completed: 1759
Technique(s): wood carving
Material(s): wood
Polychromy
The socalled Hausmadonna in the Bavarian National Museum
Completed: 1759
Comment
Some parts like the arms of the child or the scepter are missing some are added in younger times.
Images
The so-called House-Madonna in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich (photo number D 88067)
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The so-called House-Madonna in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 18/11/2025) URL
