Johann Joseph Christian

His parents had recently moved to Riedlingen from Offingen am Bussen, a village attached to Zwiefalten Abbey.

[2] His rare double gift as a woodworker and stucco sculptor was equalled only by Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer.

In 1731 he received an order for the Wilflinger church from the Prince Bishop of Constance Franz von Stauffenberg.

In 1744 Christian received a commission to work in Zwiefalten Abbey,[2] where until 1755 he created the choir stalls and numerous stucco figures for the high altar and nave and side chapels, working alongside the painter Franz Joseph Spiegler and the stucco master Johann Michael Feuchtmayer and under the direction of the architect Johann Michael Fischer.

In 2006, on the occasion of the 300th birthday of the Christian, the Riedlingen Museum presented a large and widely acclaimed exhibition of some of his works.

Angel in Zwiefalten Abbey
Nebuchadnezzar fighting King Zedekiah , who holds a plan of Jerusalem , in Zwiefalten Abbey
The high altar in Zwiefalten Abbey , combining a Gothic statue of Mary (1430) with Baroque additions by Christian (ca. 1750)