Artworks Catalogue

The sculptural decoration of the organ in the Monastery Church of St. Dionysius and St Juliana in Schäftlarn (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Michael Forstner, 2017)

Location

Germany, Bavaria, Schäftlarn

Monastery Church of St Dionys and St Juliana (Klosterkirche St Dionysius and St Juliana)

Monastery of the Benedictins Schäftlarn

Artwork

Sculptural Decoration of the Organ in the Monastery Church of St Dionysius and St Juliana in Schäftlarn

Type

Sculptural decoration

Critical History

The organ is decorated with two vases, and two large and three small angels playing music. 1

Construction / Execution

The sculptures are carved in wood and have a monochrome white paint layer.

Components

Sculpture
Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
Completed: 1756 – 1765
Technique(s): wood carving
Material(s): wood
Carpentry
Author: Johann Mentele
Completed: 1765 – 1769
Polychromy
Completed: 1756 – 1780

Images

  1. The sculptural decoration of the organ 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, Sculptural Decoration of the Organ 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

Notes

1 Peter Volk 1984, 202.

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