- Egid Quirin Asam
Egid Quirin Asam (
1 September 1692 (baptized) -29 April 1750 ) was a Germanplasterer andsculptor active during the period of the Late Baroque.Born in
Tegernsee ,Bavaria , Asam worked mainly together with his brother, the architect and painterCosmas Damian Asam . Because of this, their common work is often attributed to theAsam Brothers . Asam died inMannheim .Major Works
The Asam Brothers, singularly and together, were very prolific artists. Some of their major works were:
Bavaria
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Aldersbach —Monastery Church of Mariae Himmelfahrt (stucco of swirling garlands and capitals and pillars in the Italian Baroque tradition)
*Benediktbeuern —Church of St. Benedikt (silverreliquary of St. Anastasia)
*Freising —Dom St. Maria and St. Korbinian (rococo paintings and stucco) (1723–1724)
*Freystadt —Pilgrimage Church of Maria-Hilf (frescoes)
*Fürstenfeldbruck —Monastery Church of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin (side altars and high altar)
*Munich—Franciscan Monastery Church of St. Anna im Lehel (altars)
*Munich—Catholic Church of St. Johann Nepomuk (Asam Church) (built and decorated entirely by the Asam Brothers) (1733–1746)
*Munich—Parish Church of St. Peter (furnishings)
*Osterhofen —Papal Basilica of St. Margaretha (stucco and high altar)
*Regensburg —Benedictine Monastery Church of St. Emmeram (stucco)
*Rohr —Monastery Church of Assumption (high altar) (ca. 1717)
*Sandizell —Parish Church of St. Peter (high altar)
*Straubing —Urselinenkirche (architect)
*Weltenburg—Monastery Church of St. George and St. Martin (stucco, high altar, side altars) (1716–1724)Baden-Würrtemberg
*Mannheim—Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier (ceiling and dome paintings, now destroyed)
*Meßkirch —Johann Nepomuk Chapel in Basilica St. Martin (decorations) (1733–1734)Austria
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Innsbruck —Dom zu St. Jakob (Cathedral of St. Jakob) (rococo stucco) (1722–1723)
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