Bavarian National Museum Munich (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München)
Artwork
The bozzetto for the sculpture of St Thomas at the Sebastiansaltar in the former monasterychurch Assumption of Mary, Dießen in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich
Type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Height: 31 cm
Critical History
The bozzetto is made in a high artistic quality. It shows the saint in a simple robe. The bearded head is inclined to his left side.The wooden sculpture follows the bozzetto very close. 1 The sculpture has the inv. no. 55/226. The photo has the no. D16953. The link to the website of the museum is: www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de
Construction / Execution
The bozzetto is modelled in terracotta. The height is 31cm.
Components
Sculpture
The bozzetto for the sculpture of St Thomas on the Sebastiansaltar in the former monasterychurch Mariae Assumption in Dießen in the Bavarian National Museum
Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
Completed: 1739
Patron(s): Herkulan Karg, abbot
Material(s): terracotta
Comment
The left forarm and the right hand are missing.
Images
The bozzetto for the sculpture of S. Thomas on the Sebastiansaltar in the former monasterychurch Mariae Assumption in Dießen in the Bavarian National Museum
The sidealtar dedicated St Sebastian in the parish-and former monasterychurch Mariae Assumption, Dießen photo Bavarian Office for Monuments and Sites M. Forstner 08.2017
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The bozzetto for the sculpture of St Thomas at the Sebastiansaltar in the former monasterychurch Assumption of Mary, Dießen in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 18/11/2025) URL
Sources and Bibliography
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
Bayerische Rokokoplastik. Vom Entwurf zur Ausführung (exhibition catalogue, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich 1985), Peter Volk (ed.), Munich , Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 1985
