Bavarian National Museum Munich (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München)
Artwork
The Bozzetto for the Right Tabernacle-Angel at the High Altar of St Rasso Grafrath in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich
Type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Height: 17,7 cm
Critical History
Volk presumes that the bozzetto was created by J. B. Straub in 1759 as a model for the right tabernacle-angel in St Rasso Grafrath. The angel is kneeling with both legs on a console with a convex upper bend. The height of the sculpture is 17,7cm.1 The inv. no. is 30/152. The number of the photo is D16887. The link to the website of the museum is: www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de
Construction / Execution
The sculpture is made of terracotta. The height is 17,7cm.
Components
Sculpture
Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
Completed: 1759
Material(s): terracotta
Comment
The wings the head and arms are missing. There a horizontal and vertical ingraved lines for the enlargement or the transmission into wood in real size.
Images
The bozzetto for the right tabernacle-angel in S. Rasso Grafrath in Bavarian National Museum in Munich
The highaltar of St Rasso in the pilgrimagechurch St Rasso, Grafrath photo Michael Forstner 10. 2017
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The Bozzetto for the Right Tabernacle-Angel at the High Altar of St Rasso Grafrath 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 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
