Bavarian National Museum Munich (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München)
Artwork
Sculptures of St Dominic and St Catherine of Siena from the Former Lower Choir Altar in Church of St Alto and St Bridget in Altomünster, Now in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich
Type
Sculpture
Critical History
Volk presumes that J. B. Straub worked at least from 1765-1769 for Altomünster. The sculpture of St Dominicus and St Catherine of Siena belonged to the former lower choiraltar which was replaced in 1883.1 Lippert lists the equipment of the monasterychurch St Alto and St Birgitta under no. 61.#N-2 The sculpture of St Dominicus (height 161cm) is kneeling on its left knee. In the right hand he is holding a burning torch the left hand seems opened to hold something. The sculpture of St Catherine of Siena is kneeling on both knees she is holding both hands in front of her breast.
The inv. no. of St Dominicus is 23/139 its photo has no. D99947. The inv.no. of St Catherine of Siena is 23/138 its photo has no. D99948. The link to the website of the museum is: www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de
Construction / Execution
The sculptures are carved in wood and have a polychrome painting layer.
Components
Sculpture
The sculptures of St Dominicus and St Catharina of Siena from the former lower choiraltar in St Alto and St Birgitta in Altomünster in the Bavarian National Museum Munich
Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
Completed: 1767
Technique(s): wood carving
Material(s): wood
Polychromy
The sculptures of St Dominicus and St Catharina of Siena from the former lower choiraltar in St Alto and St Birgitta in Altomünster in the Bavarian National Museum Munich
Completed: 1767
Technique(s): wood carving
Material(s): wood
Images
The sculptures of S. Dominicus from the former lower choiraltar in S. Alto and S. Birgitta in Altomünster in the Bavarian National Museum Munich
The sculptures of S. Catharina of Siena from the former lower choiraltar in S. Alto and S. Birgitta in Altomünster in the Bavarian National Museum Munich
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, Sculptures of St Dominic and St Catherine of Siena from the Former Lower Choir Altar in Church of St Alto and St Bridget in Altomünster, Now in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 17/11/2025) URL
Sources and Bibliography
Johann Caspar Lippert, Kurzgefaßte Nachricht von dem churbaierischen ersten Hofbildhauer Herrn Johannes Straub, in: Augsburgisches monatliches Kunstblatt. Kunstzeitung der kaiserlichen Akademie zu Augsburg, 1772, Nr. 54f
Carola Giedion-Welcker, Bayrische Rokokoplastik. J. B. Straub und seine Stellung in Landschaft und Zeit, Munich, Recht, 1922
Peter Steiner, Johann Baptist Straub (Münchner kunsthistorische Abhandlungen, VI), München und Zürich, Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 1974
Peter Volk, Rokokoplastik in Altbayern, Bayrisch-Schwaben und Allgäu, Munich, Hirmerverlag, 1981
Peter Volk, Johann Baptist Straub 1704–1784, München, Hirmer Verlag, 1984
