Artworks Catalogue

Location

Germany, Bavaria, Schäftlarn

monastery church St Dionys and Juliana (Klosterkirche St. Dionys and St. Juliana)

Benediktinerkloster Schäftlarn

Artwork

The pew and its decoration in the monastery church St Dionys and Juliana, Schäftlarn

Type

Pew

Critical History

Two double rows of seats and two single seats for the abbot and the prior, two credences are attributed to J. B. Straubs work. 1

Construction / Execution

The pews and the credences are executed in oak wood. The sculptureal decoration is performed as reliefs formed by putti and clouds only this decoration has a white painting layer with golden areas.

Components

Carpentry

The pew and its decoration in the monastery church St Dionys and Juliana, Schäftlarn

Completed: 1756 – 1765

Technique(s): sawing, wood carving

Sculpture

The pew and its decoration in the monastery church St Dionys and Juliana, Schäftlarn

Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)

Completed: 1756 – 1765

Technique(s): wood carving

Material(s): wood

Polychromy

The pew and its decoration in the monastery church St Dionys and Juliana, Schäftlarn

Completed: 1756 – 1780

Technique(s): polished white, water gilding

Images

1. The pew and its decoration in the monastery church St Dionys and Juliana, Schäftlarn, photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, Michel Forstner 07.2017
2. The pew and its decoration in the monastery church St Dionys and Juliana, Schäftlarn, photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, Michel Forstner 07.2017
3. The pew and its decoration in the monastery church St Dionys and Juliana, Schäftlarn, photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, Michel Forstner 07.2017
4. The pew and its decoration in the monastery church St Dionys and Juliana, Schäftlarn, photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites, Michel Forstner 07.2017