Façade of Mariahilferstraße 1 (Fassade des Gebäudes Mariahilferstraße 1)
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Artwork
The sculpture of Mary Immaculate on the façade of Mariahilferstraße 1, Graz
Type
Sculpture
Critical History
The façade of Mariahilferstraße 1 was created about 1768/1769 by Joseph Hueber.1 Around 1770 the sculpture of Mary Immaculate by Philipp Jakob Straub came into existence, which thus is attributable to the artist’s late period. It is situated at the south-eastern corner of the building, standing on a rocaille-console. Horst Schweigert pointed out, that the sculpture is of the high technical quality and artistic meaningfulness typical for the artist’s other sandstone statues of that period – in contrast to the carvings, which already show classical tendencies.2
Construction / Execution
The sculpture is made of carved sandstone.
Components
Sculpture
Author: Philipp Jakob Straub (Wiesensteig 1706 – Graz 1774)
Completed: 1770
Technique(s): stone carving
Material(s): sandstone
Comment
The cooperation between Philipp Jakob Straub and Joseph Hueber can also be seen on the example of the façade of the Pilgrimage Church Mariahilf and presumable on the basket-arch marble portal of the Pilgrimage Church Mariatrost.
Conservation-restoration
2018
Treatment Description
The sculpture shows a good conservation status.
Images
The sculpture of Mary Immaculate, Façade of Mariahilferstraße 1, Graz (photo by Christina Pichler, 2018)
Mary Immaculate, Detail, Façade of Mariahilferstraße 1, Graz (photo by Christina Pichler, 2018)
Mary Immaculate, Detail, Upper Body, Façade of Mariahilferstraße 1, Graz (photo by Christina Pichler, 2018)
Sphere with crescent and evil, Detail, Façade of Mariahilferstraße 1, Graz (photo by Christina Pichler, 2018)
Catalogue entry prepared by Christina Pichler and Dagmar Probst
Recommended citation: Christina Pichler and Dagmar Probst, The sculpture of Mary Immaculate on the façade of Mariahilferstraße 1, Graz, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 28/10/2025) URL
Sources and Bibliography
Dehio. Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs. Graz, Wien, Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, 1979
Horst Schweigert, Philipp Jakob Straub (1706–1774). Ein Grazer Barockbildhauer, in: Studien zur Kunstgeschichte Steiermarks, Horst Schweigert (ed.), Kumberg, Sublilium Schaffer Verlag, 1992, 309–329
