Asamhaus, Baroque artist's house in the Altstadt, Munich, Germany

Asamhaus is a baroque residential structure on Sendlinger Straße in Munich featuring a four-story facade with white stucco ornaments set against a yellow background. The front displays intricate decorative details distributed between its multiple windows and stands directly beside the Asamkirche.

Egid Quirin Asam bought four houses on Sendlinger Straße between 1729 and 1733 and rebuilt two medieval buildings into his residence, workshop and rental house. The address was then Sendlinger Straße 41, today number 34. In 1749 Egid was called to Mannheim for the interior of the Jesuit church and died there of gout after a little over a year. His will leaving the house to the Priesterhaus for two weekly masses was deposited only after his death and was therefore invalid, which led to inheritance disputes.

The stucco facade, made by Egid Quirin Asam himself, served the brothers as advertising for their skill. It shows allegories of the mountain of the Muses guarded by Apollo, with personifications of the arts, music and poetry watched over by Saint Joseph; on the left Pallas Athena leads a child by the hand into the world of the arts, while Apollo keeps watch and Cupid, satyrs and fauns represent the world of the senses.

The building is located at Sendlinger Straße 34 and remains easily accessible for exterior viewing and photography throughout the year. The adjacent location next to the Asamkirche makes it a natural stop during a walk through the old town.

Egid Quirin Asam personally created the stucco decorations after learning his craft in Rome under artistic influences including Bernini. This makes the facade a rare example of direct Italian artistic influence in Munich architecture.