Location
Germany, Bavaria, Munich
Catholic parish church St. Michael in Munich, Berg am Laim (Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Michael in München, Berg am Laim)
Artwork
The diagonal altar (northwest) St Norbert in he catholic parish church, former court-, knightsorder- and archbrotherhood church of St. Michael in Munich, Berg am Laim
Type
Side altar
Dimensions
Height: 930 cm, width: 402 cm
Inscriptions
- Inside the gloriole: "IHS"
Critical History
Contract with J.B. Straub 1743, probably made 1744–1745. Altar piece by J. I. Schilling ordered on 13. 9. 1745 (85 fl.). 1
Diagonal altar (northwest) with altarpiece St Norbert accompanied by the statues of the apostles Matthew and Simon. Above gloriole with the title Jesu. All the side altars are connect by a complete apostles cycle.
Construction / Execution
wood, completly gilded by impact metal in the last renovation 2005–2009
Components
- Carpentry
- The diagonal altar (northwest) St Norbert in he catholic parish church, former court-,knightsorder- and archbrotherhood church of St. Michael in Munich, Berg am Laim
- Completed: ca. 1744 – ca. 1745
- Sculpture
- The diagonal altar (northwest) St Norbert in he catholic parish church, former court-,knightsorder- and archbrotherhood church of St. Michael in Munich, Berg am Laim
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: ca. 1744 – ca. 1745
- Polychromy
- The diagonal altar (northwest) St Norbert in he catholic parish church, former court-,knightsorder- and archbrotherhood church of St. Michael in Munich, Berg am Laim
- Completed: ca. 1744 – ca. 1745
Conservation-restoration
- 1980-1982
Treatment Description
1980–1982 cleaning and partly new gilding by the company Mayerhofer, carpenter repairs.
- 2008-2009
Treatment Description
State 2005: Under the marbling only fragments of the first version (matt gold) were preserved. According to the analysis it is brass as impact metal with a mixture of about 86% copper and 13% zinc. 2
Last restauration spring 2008 - september 2009 by company Erwin Wiegerling.The altar was largely gilded by impact metal/brass (predella and mensa) in the last renovation 2005–2009:
Transport of figurative equipment, preservation of the visible structure and reconstruction of the original gilding in impact metal, including the existing gilding at Predella and Mensa: securing, dry and damp cleaning, consolidation, sculptural additions, additions od gesso, retouching and gilding of defects.3
Images
- Altar St Norbert in St Michael, München Berg-am-Laim, Photo: M. Mannewitz, 2018
Catalogue entry prepared by Martin Mannewitz
Recommended citation: Martin Mannewitz, The diagonal altar (northwest) St Norbert in he catholic parish church, former court-, knightsorder- and archbrotherhood church of St. Michael in Munich, Berg am Laim, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 25/01/2026) URL
