Career
As pupil and assistant of Heinrich Maria von Hess, he painted five scenes from the life of Saint Boniface in the basilica at Munich: Saint Boniface preaching. His consecration as bishop. The cutting down of Thor"s oak.
The anointing of Pepin.
And the burial of Saint Boniface. Hess had already tested his work in the Church of All Saints where Schraudolph had painted scenes from the history of Moses, figures of David, Saul, et cetera
(which were destroyed by bombing in World World War II ). Some of his devotional pictures became very popular: the Virgin with the Child Jesus.
Saint Agnes; Christ as the Friend of children.
A eucharistic service, et cetera On the recommendation of Hess he received an important commission from Ludwig I of Bavaria, namely the painting of the frescoes for the cathedral of Speyer. Although he had already traveled once through Italy under the guidance of J. Ant.
Forster and had made numerous copies of the Old Masters, yet he considered it necessary to make a new journey to Rome and Overbeck for the sake of this, his magnum opus.
The unifying conception of all the frescoes is: the Divine plan of salvation with special reference to the Blessed Virgin and the other patron saints of the cathedral, the deacon Stephen, Pope Saint Stephen, and Saint Bernard. After the completion of this undertaking Schraudolph enjoyed the favour of the king, who frequently inspected the numerous oil-paintings produced in Schraudolph"s studio, and at times bought them for himself or the Alte Pinakothek.
