Croatian Conservation Institute Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia University of University of Ljubljana

The work of the Straub family of sculptors between the Swabian Alb and the Adri- atic Sea, in Württemberg, Bavaria, , Styria, Slovenia and Croatia, is being re- searched and presented by art historians and restorers. The father Johann Georg, until now mainly known as a carpenter in Wiesensteig, had five sons, all of whom worked as sculptors predominantly in wood, and who followed the course of the Danube to the southeast. The greatest value of the Tracing the Art of the Straub Family project lies in the up-to-date high quality photographs, the latest information on the state of research and detailed documentation of the material history of all the works, along with the damage they suffered, adjustments, renovations and finally, scientific conserva- www.trars.eu tions. Tracing the Art of the Straub Family is a highly valuable, innovative contribu- tion to the cultural history of eighteentth-century Central Europe. Peter Steiner

The monograph Tracing the Art of the Straub Family brings together the contri- butions of many first-rate researchers into the noteworthy German, Austrian, Slovenian, and Croatian eighteenth-century artistic heritage. This concerns the n altar-sculptural oeuvres of five brothers of the artistic Straub family, whose work extended beyond the cultural borders of Central Europe and enriched the artis- tic panorama of capitals, market towns, cities, and villages, in a wide arc from the slopes of the South German Alps to the edges of the Pannonian Plain along the frontier of the Ottoman Empire. The individual contributions in the monograph by numerous scholars have – for the first time – been interwoven to provide a uni- fied picture of a large family of sculptors, a collection of related but specific artistic

Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Unio routes that led the brothers from their native Wiesensteig to , Graz, Mari- bor, Bad Radkersburg and Zagreb. The studies devoted to the conservation and res- Croatian Conservation Institute • Bavarian State Department of toration aspects of polychromy, as one of the key elements in the full expression of Monuments and Sites • Institute for the Protection of Cultural historical sculptured altars, give the publication particular value. Heritage of Slovenia • University of Graz • University of Ljubljana Danko Šourek Tracing the Art of the Straub Family

Croatian Conservation Institute Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia University of Graz University of Ljubljana

Edited by Matej Klemenčič, Katra Meke, Ksenija Škarić

2019 Contents

About the Project / 7 Paul-Bernhard Eipper The Straub Family Tree / 11 The Historical Handling of Original Polychromy: The Case of the Straub Family's Work / 111

ESSAYS Saša Dolinšek, Katja Kavkler Discovering Joseph Straub’s Works of Art / 123 Julia Strobl, Ingeborg Schemper-Sparholz, Matej Klemenčič Ksenija Škarić Between Academic Art and Guild Traditions / 19 Polychromy: The Study of Typology, Technology and Masters of the Croatian Corpus / 135 Julia Strobl The Straub Family in Wiesensteig / 29 Artworks CATALOGUE

Julia Strobl Johann Georg Straub Sr/Johannes Straub / 147 / 43 Johann Baptist Straub / 151 Christina Pichler Philipp Jakob Straub / 181 Philipp Jakob Straub / 57 Joseph Straub / 205 Valentina Pavlič Johann Georg Straub Jr / 229 Joseph Straub / 67 Franz Anton Straub / 233 Michael Preiß Johann Georg Straub Jr / 81 Addenda

Martina Ožanić, Martina Wolff Zubović Archival Sources and Other Documetation / 245 Franz Anton Straub / 85 Literature / 251 Rupert Karbacher, Lea Rechenauer List of Abbreviations / 269 Results of the Examination of the High Altar of St George in Munich-Bogenhausen / 99

Left: Puščava, Church of the Mary Help of Christians, sculpture of God the Father, the Holy Spirit, putti, angel heads and ornaments by Joseph Straub, around 1750 (ZVKDS, VB, 2018) Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union 275

TRACING THE ART OF THE STRAUB FAMILY Proofreading: Amidas (Slovenian), Graham Clarke AUF DEN SPUREN DER FAMILIE STRAUB (English); Julia Brandt (German); Rosanda Tometić TRAGOM UMJETNOSTI OBITELJI STRAUB (Croatian) PO SLEDEH UMETNOSTI DRUŽINE STRAUB Photos by: Dieter Bacher, Valentin Benedik, Hans- Peter Bojar, Jens Bruchhaus, Saša Dolinšek, Paul- Published by: Bernhard Eipper, Michael Forstner, Ljubo Gamulin, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Miran Kambič, Rupert Karbacher, Matej Klemenčič, Slovenia / Javni Zavod Republike Slovenije za varstvo Jovan Kliska, Bastian Krack, Eva Kullmer, Nicolas kulturne dediščine, Poljanska cesta 40, Lackner, Anja Lindbichler, Philipp Mansmann, SI-1000 Ljubljana Barbara Murg, Igor Nikolić, Nikolina Oštarijaš, For the publisher: Janez Kromar Martina Ožanić, Valentina Pavlič, Miroslav Pavličić, Croatian Conservation Institute / Hrvatski Christina Pichler, Michael Preiβ, Julia Strobl, Ksenija restauratorski zavod, Nike Grškovića 23, Škarić, Goran Tomljenović, Nathalie Winter, Silvia HR-10000 Zagreb Margrit Wolf, Zottmann GmbH Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts / Cover photo: Dießen, parish church of the Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Assumption, angel above the baptismal font (BLfD, Ljubljani, Aškerčeva 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana MF, 2017) Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites / Design and layout: KaramanDesign Ltd, Zagreb Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Printed by Printera Grupa, Zagreb Hofgraben 4, DE-80539 München First Edition, September, 2019 Edited by Matej Klemenčič, Katra Meke, Ksenija Škarić Number of copies printed: 1000 Sector editors: Saša Dolinšek, Elena Holzhausen, Rupert Karbacher, Eva Klein, Martin Mannewitz, Copyright © 2019 by the authors and institutions Andreas Muller, Martina Ožanić, Valentina Pavlič, involved. All rights reserved. Miroslav Pavličić, Christina Pichler, Judith Schekulin, The publication is free of charge. Ingeborg Schemper-Sparholz, Margit Stadlober, Julia The publication was co-funded by the Creative Europe Strobl, Martina Wolff Zubović Programme of the European Union Authors of texts and catalogue units: Zsuzsanna Boda (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest), Saša Dolinšek (ZVKDS), Paul-Bernhard Eipper (UMJ), Elena Holzhausen (Archdiocese of Vienna), Rupert Karbacher (BLfD), Katja Kavkler (ZVKDS), Eva Klein (KFUG), Matej Klemenčič (UL), Martin Mannewitz CIP - Kataložni zapis o publikaciji (BLfD), Andreas Müller (BLfD), Martina Ožanić (KO Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Ljubljana Zg), Valentina Pavlič (UL), Christina Pichler (KFUG), Michael Preiss, Dagmar Probst (KFUG), Christine 730(430):929.52Straub Rabensteiner (Alte Galerie/UMJ), Lea Rechenauer, TRACING the art of the Straub family / [authors of texts Judith Schekulin (BLfD), Ingeborg Schemper-Sparholz and catalogue units Zsuzsanna Boda ... [et al.] ; edited (Uni Wien), Margit Stadlober (KFUG), Nina Stainer by Matej Klemenčič, Katra Meke, Ksenija Škarić ; sector editors Saša Dolinšek ... [et al.] ; translations Amidas (Salzburgmuseum), Julia Strobl (Uni Wien), Ksenija (English) ... [et al.] ; photos by Dieter Bacher ... et al.]. - Škarić (HRZ), Martina Wolff Zubović (HRZ) 1st ed. - Ljubljana [etc.] : Institute for the Protection of Reviewers: Peter Steiner, Danko Šourek Cultural Heritage of Slovenia [etc.] = Zavod Republike Slovenije za varstvo kulturne dediščine [etc.], 2019 Translations: Amidas (English), Šime Demo (Latin), ISBN 978-961-6990-54-7 (Zavod Republike Slovenije za Nikolina Jovanović (English), Rupert Karbacher varstvo kulturne dediščine) (German), Heike Lang (English), Katra Meke 1. Boda, Zsuzsanna 2. Klemenčič, Matej, 1971- (Slovenian), Christina Pichler (German), Eva Triebl COBISS.SI-ID 301554688 (English)

Left: Čakovec, parish church of St Nicholas the Bishop, sculpture of archangel Raphael and Tobias by Joseph Straub, around 1742 (HRZ Photo Archive, LjG, 2013)