Location
Germany, Bavaria, Schäftlarn
Monastery Church of St Dionysius and St Juliana (Klosterkirche St. Dionys und St. Juliana)
Monastery of the Benedictines, Schäftlarn
Artwork
Pulpit in the Monastery Church of St Dionysius and St Juliana in Schäftlarn
Type
Pulpit
Critical History
On top of the sounding board of the pulpit is the sculptural group "The Allegory of the Church" shown as overthrowing the teacher of the false doctrine Tanchelin. At the edge of the sounding board are fixed the four symbols of the Evangelists. Two herms support the sounding board. On its underside is installed the gloriole with Eye of God. On the basket are fixed the sculptures of Moses and St Paul and a relief showing the "Fishing of St Peter".1
Construction / Execution
The pulpit and it´s sculptural decoration are made in wood. The architecture is painted in a monochrome grey. The sculptures are painted in monochrome white with gilded details. The relief, the clouds, the attributes and the halos are gilded. The entrance to the basket is situated in the rear wall.
Components
- Carpentry
- Completed: 1756 – 1765
- Technique(s): polished white, sawing, water gilding, wood carving
- Material(s): lead white, wood
- Sculpture
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: 1756 – 1765
- Technique(s): wood carving
- Material(s): wood
- Polychromy
- Completed: 1756 – 1780
Conservation-restoration
- 1880
Treatment Description
There are no archival notes that the pulpit was overpainted as the architecture of the high altar and the side altars
- 1924
Treatment Description
In 1924, the Radspieler Company, Munich, executed small repairs.
- 1957
Treatment Description
In 1957, documents show that: "the pulpit was restored, together with the four small side altars."
- 2008
Treatment Description
From 2008 to 2010, the Fromm Company, Parsberg, restored all the polychromed furnishings. The concept was to preserve as far as possible the historical condition. The painting layers were consolidated, the surface was cleaned, inconvenient overpaintings were removed. Some areas closer to the spectator were overpainted (e. g. polished white). In some areas the wood had to be consolidated. Lackings were filled and retouched. The original lacquer on the marbling was reconstructed.
Images
- The pulpit in the Monastery Church of St Dionysius and St Juliana in Schäftlarn (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Michael Forstner, 2017)
- The pulpit in the Monastery Church of St Dionysius and St Juliana in Schäftlarn (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Michael Forstner, 2017)
- The pulpit in the Monastery Church of St Dionysius and St Juliana in Schäftlarn (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Michael Forstner, 2017)
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, Pulpit in the Monastery Church of St Dionysius and St Juliana in Schäftlarn, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 26/10/2025) URL
