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 (southwest) St Francis de Paula 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
- On the top of the altarpiece: "ORBIS CHRISTIANI ATLAS"
Critical History
Contract with J. B. Straub 1743, probably made 1744/45. Altar piece by J. I. Schilling ordered on 29.11.1744 (85 fl.). 1
Diagonalaltar (southwest) with altarpiece St Francis de Paula und insciption "ORBIS CHRISTIANI ATLAS" around a star globe accompanied by the statues of the apostles Thaddäus and Matthias. Above the gloriole with the name of Jesus. All the side altars are connect by a complete apostles cycle.
Construction / Execution
Wood, completly gilded with impact metal in the last renovation 2005–2009.
Components
- Carpentry
- Diagonal altar St Francis de Paula in the catholic parish church, former court-,knightsorder- and archbrotherhood church of St. Michael in Munich, Berg-am-Laim
- Completed: ca. 1744 – ca. 1745
- Patron(s): owner, monastery
- Technique(s): sawing
- Material(s): wood
- Sculpture
- Diagonal altar St Francis de Paula 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. 1743 – ca. 1745
- Patron(s): owner, monastery
- Technique(s): wood carving
- Material(s): wood
- Polychromy
- Diagonal altar St Francis de Paula in the catholic parish church, former court-,knightsorder- and archbrotherhood church of St. Michael in Munich, Berg-am-Laim
- Completed: ca. 1744 – ca. 1745
Comment
Conservation-restoration
- 1980
Treatment Description
1980 – 1982 cleaning and partly new gilding by the company Mayerhofer, carpenter repairs.
- 2008
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 of St Francis de Paula in St Michael in Munich, Berg-am-Laim
- Altar of St Francis de Paula in St Michael in Munich, Berg-am-Laim
- Altar of St Francis de Paula in St Michael in Munich, Berg-am-Laim
Catalogue entry prepared by Martin Mannewitz
Recommended citation: Martin Mannewitz, The diagonal altar (southwest) St Francis de Paula 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
