# Interior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SPIEGLER, Franz Joseph]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The present buildings of Zwiefalten Abbey were constructed in German Baroque style from 1739-47 under the direction of Johann Michael Fischer, who began overseeing the work in 1741. The interior, considered a model of Baroque design, is filled with ornate chapels and gilded balustrades, dominated by the high altar, which combines a Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary dating from 1430 with Baroque additions \(dating from about 1750\) by Johann Joseph Christian \(1706-1677\). The elaborate frescoes are by Franz Joseph Spiegler, the stucco work by Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger. ## Related artworks - [Apotheosis of St. Fridolin]() - [Ceiling painting]() - [Interior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()