The chapel of St Michael (Filialkirche St Michael)
Catholic parish of St Benedikt Gauting
Artwork
The sculpture of St Michael in St Michaels-Chapel, Buchendorf
Type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Height: 160 cm
Inscriptions
ST. MICHAEL (cartouche on the pedestal)
Critical History
Lippert gives the sculpture of St Michael the number 70. 1 Volk dates it about 1750. He also attributes the 3 winged angel heads in the gloriole to Straub.2 The altar was erected about 100 years before the existence of the sculpture.
Construction / Execution
The sculpture shows a elegant form and a high quality. Volk sees similarities in the form of S. Michaels helmet and the helmet of St Georg in Bichl.
Components
Carpentry
The sculpture of St Michael in the chapel St Michael, Buchendorf
Technique(s): sawing
Sculpture
The sculpture of St Michael in the chapel St Michael, Buchendorf
Author: Johann Baptist Straub (Wiesensteig ca. 1704 – Munich 1784)
Completed: 1750
Technique(s): wood carving
Images
The altar of St Michael in the Chapel dedicated St Michael, Buchendorf photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites Michael Forstner 01.2017
The altar of St Michael in the Chapel dedicated St Michael, Buchendorf photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites Michael Forstner 01.2017
The altar of St Michael in the Chapel dedicated St Michael, Buchendorf photo Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites Michael Forstner 01.2017
Catalogue entry prepared by Rupert Karbacher
Recommended citation: Rupert Karbacher, The sculpture of St Michael in St Michaels-Chapel, Buchendorf, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 03/12/2025) URL
Sources and Bibliography
Johann Caspar Lippert, Kurzgefaßte Nachricht von dem churbaierischen ersten Hofbildhauer Herrn Johannes Straub, in: Augsburgisches monatliches Kunstblatt. Kunstzeitung der kaiserlichen Akademie zu Augsburg, 1772, Nr. 54f
Peter Volk, Johann Baptist Straub 1704–1784, München, Hirmer Verlag, 1984
