ZIMMERMANN, Johann Baptist
(b. 1680, Wessobrunn, d. 1758, München)

Interior with ceiling fresco

1733
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St. Peter und Paul, Steinhausen

The Pilgrimage Church in Steinhausen, Swabia, with its oval plan, was the work of the two Zimmermann brothers, Dominicus (1865-1766) who planned it, and Johann Baptist who painted the ceiling, which represents the Assumption of the Virgin and the four quarters of the world paying homage to her.

The brothers worked together on several other buildings, the most important of which is the Pilgrimage Church at Wies (1746-54) which can be considered the culmination of the Bavarian Rococo.