Cosmas Damian Asam
Cosmas Damian Asam was a German painter and architect during the late Baroque period. Born in Benediktbeuern, he lived in Rome from 1711 to 1713 to study at the Accademia di San Luca with Carlo Maratta. In 1713, Asam won the Academy's first prize for his drawing of Miracle of Saint Pio. In Germany, he worked with his brother Egid Quirin, a sculptor and stucco worker, on building and decorating entirely new churches or redesigning churches in the Baroque style. Their joint projects are often attributed to the "Asam Brothers". Cosmas Damian died in Munich.
Major works
The Asam Brothers, singularly and together, were very prolific artists. They typically worked for Benedictine monasteries, though they occasionally took secular commissions. Cosmas Damian's altar depicting The Vision of St. Benedict in Weltenburg—Monastery Church of St. George and St. Martin is thought to be the first realistic depiction of a solar eclipse in Western art history. Some of the major works of Cosmas Damian are the following.Bavaria
- Aldersbach—Monastery Church of Mariae Himmelfahrt
- Amberg—Pilgrimage Church of Maria-Hilf
- Benediktbeuern—Church of St. Benedikt
- Freising—Dom St. Maria and St. Korbinian
- Freystadt—Pilgrimage Church of Maria-Hilf
- Friedberg—Pilgrimage Church of the Peace of the Lord
- Fürstenfeldbruck—Monastery Church of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin
- Ingolstadt—Asam Church of Maria Viktoria
- Metten—Benedictine Monastery Church of St. Michael
- Sloderdjik Church of Christ
- Munich—Franciscan Monastery Church of St. Anna im Lehel
- Munich—Catholic Church of St. Johann Nepomuk
- Munich—Dreifaltigkeitskirche
- Osterhofen Abbey—Papal Basilica of St. Margaretha
- Regensburg—Benedictine Monastery Church of St. Emmeram
- Schleissheim—Neues Schloss
- Straubing—Urselinenkirche
- Weltenburg—Monastery Church of St. George and St. Martin
Baden-Württemberg
- Bruchsal—Schloss church decoration
- Ettlingen—Schloss chapel in Ettlingen Palace
- Mannheim—Schloss
- Meßkirch—Johann Nepomuk Chapel in Basilica St. Martin
- Weingarten—Benedictine Monastery Church of St. Martin of Tours and St. Oswald