The bozzetto for the St John of Nepomuk Fountain in the Maximilianmuseum, Augsburg
Type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Height: 11,5 cm
Critical History
The bozzetto shows the sculpture of S. John of Nepomuk who died in the river Moldau. He is embraced by the arms of the river Moldau personified by a man with beard. Beetween the legs of the 2 figures water is running out of a vessel. The sculpture might be created for one of the 4 fountains that J. B. Straub had executed for the town of Munich in 1751. 1 The sculptures for the 4 fountains were carved in wood (oak) and gilded. They were 7 feet high that is a bit more than lifesize.2 The costs for one of them was 150 fl. The sculpture origins from the collection of the privy councillor Sigmund Rohrer. It has the Inv. no. 6269. There is a drawing which shows what was ordered by the contracting authorities. State Owned Graphic Collection Munich Inv. no. 32210.
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Construction / Execution
The bozzetto was carved in wood. The bozzetto has 11,5cm in height.
Components
Sculpture
Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
Completed: 1751
Technique(s): wood carving
Material(s): wood
Images
The bozzetto for a S. Nepomuceno Fountain in the Maximilianmuseum in Augsburg
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The bozzetto for the St John of Nepomuk Fountain in the Maximilianmuseum, Augsburg , in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 18/11/2025) 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
Peter Steiner, Johann Baptist Straub (Münchner kunsthistorische Abhandlungen, VI), München und Zürich, Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 1974
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
