Location
Germany, Bavaria, Au am Inn
Monastery and parish church of the Assumption of Mary (Kath. Kloster- und Pfarrkirche St. Mariae Himmelfahrt)
Pfarrverband Gars am Inn
Artwork
The epitaph for countess Maria Theresia von Jettenbach in the monastery and parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Au am Inn
Type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Height: 310 cm, width: 225 cm, depth: 70 cm
Inscriptions
- SISTE VIATOR ! NEC TU EFFUGIES MORTIS ARCUM, PRAEMUNITA NEQUIBAT HIC IACENS MARIA THERESIA ET ANTIQUISSIMA FAMILIA COMITUM DE ARCO NATA ET IN ALLIAM COMITUM A TÖRRING IN JETTENBACH FELICI CONIUGIO, ET MUTUO AMORE INSERTA QUAM RARIS ANIMI DOTIBUS PER XLII ANNOS ORNAVIT ET ILLUSTRAVIT VERUM CHRISTIANAE PIETATIS EXEMPLUM, ET OMNIUM VIRTUUM COMPENDIUM PIISSIME SICUT VIXIT, OBIIT IX DECEMBRIS MDCCLVI.
Critical History
Lippert lists the epitaph under no. 16.1 Volk dates it in 1758-59. There are 8 drawings by J. B. Straub for the epitaph for countess Törring as well as for a joint epitaph which was never realized. The drawings are archived in the StA Munich Archive Törring. The contract between count Törring and Straub was assigned the 18th September 1758.2
The sarcophague carved in grey marble is presented on a large console of grey stone. Above a large profiled console is standing the sarcophague. A white flat stone which is decorated by a profiled frameis used as background for the inscription. On top of the monument a crown floats above the two coats of arms of the two families Törring and Jettenbach. The frame is decorated with ornaments, flowers and attributes on the right side a flag, a hoe, a shovel, a garland with flowers, a scythe, on the right side an bow, a quiver with arrows, a large candle, a pitcher, a scull with a laurel wreth, on the sarcophague a curtain, a pillow and a cross. On the left side is standing a female sculpture which is expressing her sadness. The putto with butterflywings (symbol for soul) sitting on the right end of the sarcophague just hints with his right hand to the text. At the two upper edges of the frame Straub created unique rocailles with a wing.
Construction / Execution
The monument is made by carved stone and carved wood which is gilded. The letters are made by metall.
Components
- Masonry
- The epitaph for countess Maria Theresia von Jettenbach in St Mary Assumption, Au am Inn
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: 1758 – 1759
- Technique(s): stone carving
- Sculpture
- The epitaph for countess Maria Theresia von Jettenbach in the parishchurch Assumption of Mary, Au am Inn
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: 1758 – 1759
- Technique(s): oil gilding, stone carving, wood carving
- Metalwork
- The epitaph for countess Maria Theresia von Jettenbach in the parishchurch Assumption of Mary, Au am Inn
- Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
- Completed: 1758 – 1759
- Technique(s): casting, fire-gilding
Images
- The epitaph for countess Maria Theresia Törring Jettenbach in the parishchurch Assumption of Mary, Au am Inn photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites Michael Forstner 05.2017
- The epitaph for countess Maria Theresia Törring Jettenbach in the parishchurch Assumption of Mary, Au am Inn, detail of the rocaille with a wing photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites Rupert Karbacher 05.2018
- The epitaph for countess Maria Theresia Törring Jettenbach in the parishchurch Assumption of Mary, Au am Inn, detail of the ornament with a wing photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites Rupert Karbacher 05.2018
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The epitaph for countess Maria Theresia von Jettenbach in the monastery and parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Au am Inn, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 03/02/2026) URL
