German National Museum (Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg)
Artwork
The bozzetto of the bust with the title the religion in the German National Museum, Nürnberg
Type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Height: 27,5 cm
Inscriptions
PEDEM A LAPIDE VIATOR FLOREM NE CONCULCES VIRTUTIS AC TENERAE AETATIS. DOM. MARIAM JOSEPHAM DE MATERN NATAM DE RUFFINI DOMINAM IN SAULBURG CECIDIT FLOS ISTE XIX AETATIS ANNO XII MARTII MDCCLI CADUCITATEM ERGO VITAE EX E MORTUO ODORABIS FLORE CUI CUM VIX APPARAVIT IN TERRA NOSTRA TEMPUS PUTATIONIS ADVENIT REQUIESCAT IN PACE inscription on the main stone
Critical History
The bozzetto was created by J. B. Straub for the tomb of his deceased wife Theresia who died in 1774. His nephew Franz Xaver Messerschmidt carved the bust in stone. The bust decorated the grave of Theresia Straub at the cemetery of the Church All Saints in Munich. The bozzetto is kept in the German National Museum in Nürnberg (invno. Pl. O 326). The bust by F. X. Messerschmidt is part of the exhibition in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich (Invno. R 8726). The head of the female person is covered by a shawl only showing the face. The head is standing on the book with seven seals. 1
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Construction / Execution
The bozzetto is made by terracotta (height 27,5cm), the bust in white marble (height 43cm).
Components
Sculpture
The bozzetto of the bust the religion in the German National Museum, Nürnberg
Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
Completed: 1775 – 1777
Material(s): terracotta
Images
The bozzetto of the bust the religion in the German National Museum in Nürnberg
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The bozzetto of the bust with the title the religion in the German National Museum, Nürnberg, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 18/11/2025) URL
Sources and Bibliography
Peter Steiner, Johann Baptist Straub (Münchner kunsthistorische Abhandlungen, VI), München und Zürich, Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 1974
Peter Volk, Rokokoplastik in Altbayern, Bayrisch-Schwaben und Allgäu, Munich, Hirmerverlag, 1981
Bayerische Rokokoplastik. Vom Entwurf zur Ausführung (exhibition catalogue, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich 1985), Peter Volk (ed.), Munich , Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 1985
