Joseph Grossauer

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Joseph Grossauer or Großauer (* in the 17th century in Vienna ; † in the 18th century) was a goldsmith working in Munich . His work can be traced back to 1755.

Life

Grossauer came from Vienna and was based in Munich as a master from 1717. The son of a hammer smith was trained in Vienna by Mathes Franz and married the goldsmith daughter Maria Leismüller in Munich. In his later years he was referred to as a court goldsmith. Joseph Grossauer trained numerous apprentices, including apparently his nephew Joseph Bonaventura Leismiller , a son of Franz Benedikt Leismiller .

In addition to profane works, he created numerous goldsmiths' work for churches and used the monogram "JG", which was later also used by Ignatz Grünwald , so that the attribution of the work is not always certain. According to Thieme-Becker , works that bear this symbol and can be stylistically categorized in the early 18th century can be considered Grossauer's creations.

Among other things, Grossauer created two silver- embossed half-length portraits of Saints Kajetan and Andreas Avellinus for the Theatine Church , which have not been preserved. They came from the year 1722. He designed a large sun monstrance for the Mariahilfkirche in Munich and a monstrance for the Marienkirche in Thalkirchen . For the Trinity Church in Munich he created a ciborium and a pumpkin crown as well as a cross particle . A missal in the Allerheiligenhofkirche in Munich has fittings designed by Grossauer.

In the parish church of St. Johannes Baptist in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm there are two silver busts of St. Joachim and St. Anna, which Großauer created around 1730, as well as two gold and silver statuettes of St. Sebastian and St. Rochus from the same period as well a chalice with medallions depicting the life of Mary from around 1750 and a monstrance also dated around 1750.

In 1724 Grossauer cast a silver bust of St. Anastasia for the Benediktbeuern monastery . In the Victoria and Albert Museum there is a chalice dated 1742 which is attributed to Grossauer.

A journeyman goldsmith, who also bears the name Joseph Großauer, is listed among the pilgrims to Rome in a Marian congregation who traveled to the Holy City in 1750 to see Pope Benedict XIV .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grossauer's biography at www.helga-matzke.de ( memento of the original from January 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.helga-matzke.de
  2. ↑ History on cweishaupt.com ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cweishaupt.com
  3. ↑ Illustration and description of a Grossauer chocolate jug from around 1745 on www.helga-matzke.de ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.helga-matzke.de
  4. ^ Ferdinand Sterzinger: Oddities of the electoral court church of the PP Theatiner in Munich 1789, p. 11.
  5. ↑ Otto Baumgärtner, parish church of St. Johannes Baptist. Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , Munich / Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-7954-0461-4 , p. 21.
  6. ↑ Otto Baumgärtner, parish church of St. Johannes Baptist. Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , Munich / Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-7954-0461-4 , p. 44.
  7. ↑ Otto Baumgärtner, parish church of St. Johannes Baptist. Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , Munich / Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-7954-0461-4 , p. 63.
  8. ↑ Otto Baumgärtner, parish church of St. Johannes Baptist. Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , Munich / Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-7954-0461-4 , p. 65.
  9. ^ Josef Hemmerle : The Diocese of Augsburg. The Benedictine Abbey of Benediktbeuern . Walter de Gruyter, 1991, ISBN 978-3-11-012927-4 , p. 255.
  10. ↑ Image of the chalice on collections.vam.ac.uk .
  11. ↑ Anton Baumgartner: Return of Pope Pius VII to Rome: celebrated by the civil congregation in Munich on May 15, 1814: together with a description of the citizens' hall . Zängl, 1814, p. 26.
personal data
SURNAME Grossauer, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Großauer, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Munich goldsmith
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 18th century