Egid Quirin Asam

Egid Quirin Asam was born on 1 September 1692, in Tegernsee, Bavaria, and baptised the same day.^[5] His father was Hans Georg Asam (1649–1741) and his mother was Maria Theresia Asam. Among his eight siblings were Cosmas Damian Asam and Maria Salome Asam.^[2]

The Asam Brothers, singularly and together, were very prolific artists. Some of their major works were:

• Aldersbach—Monastery Church of Mariae Himmelfahrt (stucco of swirling garlands and capitals and pillars in the Italian Baroque tradition)
• Benediktbeuern—Church of St. Benedikt (silver reliquary of St. Anastasia)
• Freising—Dom St. Maria and St. Korbinian (rococo paintings and stucco) (1723–1724)
• Freystadt—Pilgrimage Church of Maria-Hilf (frescoes)
• Fürstenfeldbruck—Monastery Church of the Ascension of the Blessed Virgin (side altars and high altar)
• Munich—Franciscan Monastery Church of St. Anna im Lehel (altars)
• Munich—Catholic Church of St. Johann Nepomuk (Asam Church) (built and decorated entirely by the Asam Brothers) (1733–1746)
• Munich—Parish Church of St. Peter (furnishings)
• Osterhofen Abbey—Papal Basilica of St. Margaretha (stucco and high altar)
• Regensburg—Benedictine Monastery Church of St. Emmeram (stucco)
• Rohr—Monastery Church of Assumption (high altar) (c. 1717)
• Sandizell—Parish Church of St. Peter (high altar)
• Straubing—Urselinenkirche (architect)
• Weltenburg—Monastery Church of St. George and St. Martin (stucco, high altar, side altars) (1716–1724)

• Mannheim—Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier (ceiling and dome paintings, now destroyed)
• Meßkirch—Johann Nepomuk Chapel in Basilica St. Martin (decorations) (1733–1734)

• Innsbruck—Innsbruck Cathedral (Dom zu St. Jakob) (rococo stucco) (1722–1723)