Location
Germany, Bavaria, Ettal
Benedictine Abbey, Parish and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary (Benediktinerabtei-, Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche St. Maria)
Artwork
Right Side Altar of St Benedict in the Benedictine Abbey, Parish and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary in Ettal
Type
Side altar
Critical History
Right side altar of St Benedict with the statues of St Magnus and St Leonard. The tabernacle has the relief "Abraham sacrifices Issac" and at the side figures of the allegories of Hope and Faith. The altar is crowned with an angel with a bishop attributes.
The altarpiece "St Benedict in the circle of Benedictines" is by Ch. Thomas and F. A. Scheffler, 1754-56
The work is testified by Lippert and the bills have been preserved (Munich, archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Pfarrsachen Ettal).1
On 2 March 1757 in Munich, the first contract for the sculptures of the Benedictusaltar (southern side altar) was signed with J. B. Straub, according to the "proiectiert und ybergebenen Modell und Riß" and 600 fl. agreed as payment considering the "schon gemachten Reißuncösten, verfaßten Rissen und Modellen“. The final payment was on 12 June 1758, with an additional 50 fl "Recompens". The carpentry work for the tabernacle was made by the Munich Kistler Franz Ignatz Settele for 60 fl.
Components
- Carpentry
- Author: Franz Ignaz Settele
- Completed: ca. 1757 – ca. 1758
- Sculpture
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: ca. 1757 – ca. 1758
- Polychromy
- Completed: ca. 1757 – ca. 1758
Images
- Right side altar St Benedict in the Benedictine Abbey-, Parish- and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary in Ettal (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Martin Mannewitz, 2018)
- Right side altar St Benedict in the Benedictine Abbey-, Parish- and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary in Ettal (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Martin Mannewitz, 2018)
- Right side altar St Benedict in the Benedictine Abbey-, Parish- and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary in Ettal (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Martin Mannewitz, 2018)
- Right side altar St Benedict in the Benedictine Abbey-, Parish- and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary in Ettal (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Martin Mannewitz, 2018)
- Right side altar St Benedict in the Benedictine Abbey-, Parish- and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary in Ettal (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Martin Mannewitz, 2018)
- Right side altar St Benedict in the Benedictine Abbey-, Parish- and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary in Ettal (Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, photo by Martin Mannewitz, 2018)
Catalogue entry prepared by Martin Mannewitz
Recommended citation: Martin Mannewitz, Right Side Altar of St Benedict in the Benedictine Abbey, Parish and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary in Ettal, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 25/10/2025) URL
