Location
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
National Museum of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart (Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart)
Artwork
The Agnus-Dei-Group in the Museum of the State Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
Type
Sculptural group
Dimensions
Height: 49 cm, width: 94 cm, depth: 36 cm
Critical History
We don´t know the origin of this group. Volk has mentioned it in his Straub-Monographie as "Tabernakelbekrönung " (crown of a tabernacle). He also mentions the similarity to the lamp with seven seals on top of the tabernacle at the highaltar in Schäftlarn, St Dionys and Juliana. Volk dates the group about 1750-60. The invno. is 1977/34. 1
The website of the museum is: www.landesmuseum-stuttgart.de
Construction / Execution
The sculptures are carved by limewood, the book is made of fir tree. The remained rests of a painting layer are for the book and the sheep white and gold and pink for the fleshtone.
Components
- Sculpture
- The Agnus-Dei-Group in the Museum of the State, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: 1750 – 1760
- Technique(s): wood carving
- Material(s): wood
- Polychromy
- The Agnus-Dei-Group in the Museum of the State Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Completed: 1750 – 1760
Images
- The Agnus-Dei-Group in the Nationalmuseum of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- The sculptiral group on top of the tabernacle at the highaltar in Schäftlarn, S. Dionys und Juliana photo by R. Karbacher BLfD
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The Agnus-Dei-Group in the Museum of the State Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 18/11/2025) URL
