Location
Germany, Bavaria, Eschenlohe
Parish church S. Clemens (Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Clemens)
Catholic parish S. Clemens Eschenlohe
Artwork
The tabernacle of the Parish church of St Clemens, Eschenlohe
Type
Tabernacle
Dimensions
Height: 352 cm, width: 335 cm
Critical History
The arthistorians Peter Steiner and Norbert Lieb attribute the tabernacle to J. B. Straub whereas Peter Volk says that only the design might be by J. B. Straub and the execution by Franz Xaver Schmädl. 1
Construction / Execution
On the right and left side of the tabernacle are sitting the female sculptures of Faith (right) on the side of Hope (left) above two shrines with reliques. The front of the tabernacle is decorated with the relief of Christ in Emmaus. On top of the tabernacle is lying the sacrificed lamp on the book with seven seals. The materials are wood and metalleaf on groundlayer.
Components
- Carpentry
- The tabernacle of parishchurch St Clemens, Eschenlohe
- Technique(s): sawing
- Sculpture
- The tabernacle of parishchurch St Clemens, Eschenlohe
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: 1774
- Technique(s): wood carving
- Polychromy
- The tabernacle of parishchurch St Clemens, Eschenlohe
- Completed: 1774
- Technique(s): oil gilding, water gilding
Comment
The idea of the form of tabernacle goes back to the tabernacles in Ettal St Maria. The execution seems to be more simple.
Conservation-restoration
- 1858
Treatment Description
We only know that there was a complete restoration.
- 1906
Treatment Description
Complete restoration no measurements aredocumented.
- 1990
Treatment Description
Complete restoration of the church in four chapters the altars included.
Images
- The tabernacle at the highaltar in the parishchurch St Clemens, Eschenlohe photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites Michael Forstner 11.2017
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The tabernacle of the Parish church of St Clemens, Eschenlohe, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 27/01/2026) URL
