Jan Brokoff
Johann Brokoff (also: Brokof, Prokop, Czech: Jan Brokov; * June 1652 in George Berg, Zips, † December 28, 1718 in Prague) was a sculptor of the Baroque in Bohemia.
Life
Johann was Brokoff (, Hungarian Szepesszombat Slovak Spišska Sobota ) born in Mount George in the County of Zips, which then belonged to Hungary. After training in Regensburg in 1675, he came on the move to Prague. From 1680 he worked in various places in Bohemia and settled in 1690 with his family in Prague. He founded a sculpture workshop and acquired in 1693, the Prague citizen. Even earlier ( 1682) he converted to the Catholic faith.
In Prague, he was entrusted with the plastic decoration of the Charles Bridge, for his son Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff created several saints independently. 1706-1709 he had bigger orders the Benedictine monastery in Braunau.
After his death, the workshop of his elder son Michael Johann Brokoff (1686-1721) was continued. Johann Brokoff and his sons were buried in the cemetery of Prague Church of St. Martin in the Wall ( Kostel statého Martina ve zdi ). With a memorial stone there remembered her today.
Works
In Prague
- Charles Bridge: Model of the statue of St. John of Nepomuk
- Next to the castle (Ke hradu ): Sculpture of Pieta
- Troja Castle ( Trojský zámek ): allegorical busts of the four times of day, the four elements and the four continents in the castle garden
In other places
- Braunau: Marian column in the square, eight sculptures for the terrace of the monastery church
- Haid: Statue of Saint Nepomuk on the castle bridge
- Klösterle: Gods figures on the castle terrace
- Pribram, pilgrimage church Holy Mountain ( Svatá Hora ): Plastic Jewelry of the Prague Gate in the cloister
- Tachau, Parish Church of the Assumption: statues of the patron saints
- Roth House: sculpture and fountain in the park of the castle