(b Tegernsee, bapt 1 Sept 1692; d Mannheim, 29 April 1750). Sculptor, stuccoist, painter and architect, son of (1) Hans Georg Asam. After working with his father, he was apprenticed to Anton Faistenberger in Munich to learn sculpture. He presumably accompanied his brother (2) Cosmas Damian Asam to Rome (1711–13), where he studied works by Bernini. In 1724 he became a valet and court stuccoist to the Prince-Bishop of Freising and in 1730 a valet to the Elector of Bavaria.

Part of the Asam family

• Asam, Egid Quirin
  • Asam
  • Asam, §II: Collaborations on the Gesamtkunstwerk
  • Innsbruck, §2: Art life and organization
  • Munich, §II, 1: Art life and organization, before c 1799
  • altarpieces
    • Altarpiece, §2(ii)(c): Forms and development: After c 1600
  • architecture
    • Einsiedeln Abbey
    • Germany, §II, 4(ii): Architecture, c 1700–c 1750
  • collaboration
    • Asam, §I: (2) Cosmas Damian Asam
  • frescoes
    • Asam, §II, 2: Collaborations on the Gesamtkunstwerk: St Johann Nepomuk, Munich
    • Illusionism, §2(i)(c): Large-scale projects, c 1700–c 1800
  • Gesamtkunstwerk
    • Crucifix, §3(iii): Sculpted: Baroque and after
    • Lighting, §1(i): Before c 1800: Natural lighting
  • groups and movements
    • Rococo, §III, 1(iii): Holy Roman Empire: Churches
  • interior decoration
    • Mannheim
    • Regensburg, §3(i): St Emmeram
    • Switzerland, §II, 1: Architecture: Gothic period to the late 19th century, c 1200–c 1900
  • sculpture
    • Altar, §II, 4(i): Roman Catholic, after c 1550: Monumental
    • Germany, §IV, 3(ii)(a): Sculpture, c 1600–c 1750: Southern Germany
    • Stucco and plasterwork, §III, 10(i)(e): Western world, 1400–1850: Germany & Central Europe