Location
Germany, Bavaria, Munich
Catholic church St Georg Munich-Bogenhausen (Katholische Kirche S. Georg München-Bogenhausen)
Cath. Parishadministration Holy Blood
Artwork
The epitaph for countess Maria Josepha von Törring-Gronsfeld in St Georg, Munich-Bogenhausen
Type
Sculptural decoration
Inscriptions
- DOM Hic jacet MARIA JOSEPHA S. R. Comitessa de Arberg, Valengin & Gronsfeld Maximiliani EmmanueIis S. R. I. Comitis de Törring in Jettenbach & c Smi Electoris Bavariae & c Praesidis Camerae Uxor Singularsi exempli Foemina Inter Mundi delicias, cupididates, tumultus Pia, modesta, pudica, tranquilla Pauperum Mater & Benefactrix liberalissima Ab omnibus vivens amata Deplorata mortua Obiit 17 Februari
Critical History
Lady Törring-Gronsfeld was the wife of Maximilian Emanuel von Törring who was the president of the chamber. There are no documents for the time of realisation. Volk presumes that the epitaph was erected soon after the death of the countess around 1755. 1 Lippert gives the epitaph no. 17 in his list.2
The form of the epitaph is concave. Its width is reduced from the bottom to the top. The stone with the inscription ends on both sides with a console that has the form of a volute. In the middle is a stoup that has the form of a shell. On the right console is standing a female sculpture which shows with her gestures that she is mourning the death of the countess. A little child (without wings) is sitting on the left side on top of the epitaph. His left hand is liftet to his eyes to take away the tears. The two coats of arm of the family Törring and the family Gronsfeld are unified under a crown. From the left side of the crown a curtain is hanging down the complete left side of the epitaph. A skull is lying on the left console.
Inscription: DOM Hic jacet MARIA JOSEPHA S. R. Comitessa de Arberg, Valengin & Gronsfeld Maximiliani EmmanueIis S. R. I. Comitis de Törring in Jettenbach & c Smi Electoris Bavariae & c Praesidis Camerae Uxor Singularsi exempli Foemina Inter Mundi delicias, cupididates, tumultus Pia, modesta, pudica, tranquilla Pauperum Mater & Benefactrix liberalissima Ab omnibus vivens amata Deplorata mortua Obiit 17 Februari Aetatis suae anno (3) 2ndo expleto Charissimae & tam praeclarae Conjugi Conjux superstes Hoc amoris, dolorisque sui Momentum Moerens posuit Requiescat in pace inscription on the main stone
Construction / Execution
The epitaph is made by grey and red marble the sculptures are cast (lead/tin) and gilded.
Components
- Masonry
- The epitaph for countess Maria Josepha von Törring-Gronsfeld in St Georg, Munich-Bogenhausen
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: 1755
- Patron(s): Maximilian Emanuel von Törring-Jettenbach, noble
- Technique(s): stonework
- Sculpture
- The epitaph for countess Maria Josepha von Törring-Gronsfeld in St Georg, Munich-Bogenhausen
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Patron(s): Maximilian Emanuel von Törring-Jettenbach, noble
- Technique(s): casting
- Polychromy
- The epitaph for countess Maria Josepha von Törring-Gronsfeld in St Georg, Munich-Bogenhausen
- Completed: 1755
- Patron(s): Maximilian Emanuel von Törring-Jettenbach, noble
- Technique(s): oil gilding
Images
- The epitaph for countess Maria Josepha von Törring-Gronsfeld in St Georg, Munich-Bogenhausen photo Bavarian Office for Monuments and Sites M. Forstner 08.2017
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The epitaph for countess Maria Josepha von Törring-Gronsfeld in St Georg, Munich-Bogenhausen, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 18/11/2025) URL
