Location
Germany, Bavaria, Munich
Catholic parish church of St Peter and Paul (Pfarrkirche Sts Peter und Paul)
Cath. parish administration Sts Peter and Paul
Artwork
The epitaph for the priest Johann Jakob Schorer in the catholic parish church of Sts Peter and Paul in Eching
Type
Sculptural decoration
Dimensions
Height: 340 cm, width: 170 cm
Inscriptions
- Siste Viator, & admirare Isthoc in Templo sepultum Adm. Rev. & Eximium D. JOANNEM IACOBUM SCHORER Augustanum Suevum Sacerdotem Jubilaeum Alterum ONIAM Pontificem Virum bonum, & benignum, verecundum à visu, Modesteum Moribus & Eloquio decorum Manus protendentem, & orare pro omni Populo suo, 2 Machab. PAROCHUM Huius Ecclesiae per Annos LIII. Zelosisimum;Quam Ut exhiberet sibi Gloriolam, Non habente
Critical History
The epitaph was created for the priest Johann Jakob Schorer who died in 1760. He was priest for 53 years and bequestet the parish with 20047 Gulden. The authorship of J. B. Straub for his epitaph is documented by the priest Lorenz Gruber (1825–1839) who left documents in the archive of Landsberg.1 The epitaph consists of a console and the stone with the inscription. The decoration seems to be quite simple. On top of the epitaph sits a little child/angel with wings like a butterfly. As a attribute of the deceaseds profession he wears a priests cap. A chalice, a sandglass also with butterflywings and a oillamp are strung in a row.
The inscription is: Siste Viator, & admirare Isthoc in Templo sepultum Adm. Rev. & Eximium D. JOANNEM IACOBUM SCHORER Augustanum Suevum Sacerdotem Jubilaeum Alterum ONIAM Pontificem Virum bonum, & benignum, verecundum à visu, Modesteum Moribus & Eloquio decorum Manus protendentem, & orare pro omni Populo suo, 2 Machab. PAROCHUM Huius Ecclesiae per Annos LIII. Zelosisimum;Quam Ut exhiberet sibi Gloriolam, Non habentem maculam, aut rugam, Ephes. V. Amplisimarum Facultatum suarum ex alse Haeredem scripsit. PASTOREM, verè BONUM Non modoò dum viveret oves sibi concreditas Verbo pavit, & Exemplo: sed & moriens Ut vivam haberent, & abundantius haberent, Joan.10. Pro eorum incolumnitate cum spirituali, tum temporali SS. Misae Sacrificia, Hebdomodaria, & Menstrua, éaque perpetua Fieri voluit Etiam post Mortem Super Gregem suum vigilantisimum E genis Parochianis, Parvulis in litteris erudiendis , AEgrisque Ope pharmaceutica juvandis Largas annuatim CXX. florenorum Eleemosynas Testamento legavit PATREM PAUPERUM MUNIFICENTISSIMUM Qui cum dilexisset suos. in finem dilexit eos: Joan. 13. Eorum Amori planè immortuus VI DEC Ao MDCCLX Aetatis XCIII. Annis, an Meritis gravior, Tuum lector lucidium esto. Vale, & Piissimis Manibus benè precare.
Construction / Execution
The epitaph is made by red and grey marble. Some details are gilded. The decoration is made by a cast of lead and tin that is gilded. The letters of the inscription are painted black.2
Components
- Masonry
- The epitaph for the priest Johann Jakob Schorer in the catholic parishchurch St Peter and Paul in Eching
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: 1767
- Technique(s): stonework
- Material(s): stone
- Metalwork
- The epitaph for the priest Johann Jakob Schorer in the catholic parishchurch St Peter and Paul, Eching
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: 1767
- Technique(s): casting
- Polychromy
- The epitaph for the priest Johann Jakob Schorer in the catholic parishchurch St Peter and Paul in Eching
- Technique(s): oil gilding, oily tempera
Comment
Compared with other epitaphs of J. B. Straub there is obviously less decoration. May be this is due to the modest character of the deceased. One of his last wishes was to create a foundation which supports the poor people.
Images
- The epitaph for the priest Johann Jakob Schorer in the parishchurch St Peter and Paul, Eching photo Bavarian Office of Monuments and Sites Michael Forstner BLfD 10.2017
- The epitaph for the priest Johann Jakob Schorer in the parishchurch St Peter and Paul, Eching photo Bavarian Office for monuments and sites M. Forstner BLfD 10.2017
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The epitaph for the priest Johann Jakob Schorer in the catholic parish church of Sts Peter and Paul in Eching, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 18/11/2025) URL
