ASAM, Egid Quirin
German sculptor/architect (b. 1692, Tegernsee, d. 1750, Mannheim)
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Assumption of the Virgin
1717-25
Marble and stucco
Pilgrimage-church, Rohr, Bavaria


Assumption of the Virgin (detail)
1717-25
Marble and stucco
Pilgrimage-church, Rohr, Bavaria


High Altar
1721
Stucco
Benedictine Abbey, Weltenburg


St George and the Dragon
1721
Gilt stucco
Benedictine Abbey, Weltenburg


St George and the Dragon
1721
Gilt stucco
Benedictine Abbey, Weltenburg


Exterior view
1733-34
Photo
St. John Nepomuk church, Munich


Exterior view
1733-34
Photo
St. John Nepomuk church, Munich


General view
1733-34
Photo
St. John Nepomuk church, Munich


Interior view
1733-34
Photo
St. John Nepomuk church, Munich


Interior view
1733-34
Photo
St. John Nepomuk church, Munich


Interior view
1736-39
Photo
Ursuline Church, Straubing

The final glorious achievement of the Asam brothers' collaboration before Cosmas Damian's death in 1739 was the decoration of the Ursuline church in Straubing. Egid Quirin was responsible for designing the building and the stuccowork, while Cosmas Damian painted three altarpieces but was unable to complete his frescoes. Green, red, gold and white predominate in Egid Quirin's inventive and imaginative stuccowork; for the high altar he produced statues of St Ignatius and St Carlo Borromeo, which stood beside twisted columns framing Cosmas Damian's high altarpiece.





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