 Cosmas Damian Asam and his brother Egid Quirin Asam were two of the nine children of Hans Georg Asam (1649–1711), the resident painter in Benediktbeuern Abbey.Both were apprentices under their father.After the death of his father in 1711, Cosmas Damian traveled to Rome, sponsored by the abbot of Tegernsee, in order to receive further education there.