David Zürn III.

David Zürn III. (* 1. September 1665 in Olomouc ; † after 1724) was a sculptor of the Baroque , in Moravia worked. He belonged to the Zürn family of sculptors .

Life

The Zürn family originally came from Upper Swabia . David Zürn was the son of the sculptor Franz Zürn the Elder , his brothers Franz Zürn the Younger , Anton Zürn and Udalrich Zürn were also active as sculptors.

He began to study in his father's workshop, was released from him as a sculptor journeyman in 1687 and then went on a study trip to Styria in the 1690s . At the end of the 17th century he was once again proven to be a journeyman in his father's workshop. When he died in 1707, David became a master and obtained citizenship in Olomouc in 1708. He was married to Paulina Rosalia Polexina and had sons Michael Josef, born 1709, Johann Engelbert, born 1714, Cyrill Method, born 1717, and Ignaz Alois, born 1718. In 1716, Zürn was a city councilor in Olomouc. He died after 1724.

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Within the Zürn family of sculptors, the work of David Zürn III. just average quality.

• Statue of St. Johannes Nepomuk , Repschein ( Řepčín ) (1707), replaced by a copy in 1934, fragments of the original in the municipal lapidarium in Olomouc
• Statue of St. Norbert von Xanten , Tážaly (1708)
• Madonna Immaculata , Namiescht (1709)
• St. Joseph , Pentschitz ( Penčice ) (1711)
• Madonna and Saints , Olšany u Prostějova (1712), a listed building
• Figures of saints on the facade of the Jesuit Church Maria Schnee , Olomouc (1713–1716)
• Statues of hll. Johannes Nepomuk and Francis of Assisi , Odrau (1714)
• St. Johannes Nepomuk , Niemtschitz an der Hanna (1717)
• Figures of saints on the facade of the Church of St. Peter and Paul , Tištín
• Marian column , Mährisch-Sternberg (1719)

photos

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  Norbert von Xanten in Tážaly

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  Immaculata in Náměšť na Hané

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  St. Joseph in Penčice

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  Madonna and Saints in Olšany u Prostějova

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  St. Apollonia in Olomouc

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  Marian column in Šternberk

literature

• Josef Matzke : Olomouc sculptor of the Baroque period (= series of publications by the Olomouc and Central Moravia Association , No. 17). Quellenverlag V. Diwisch, Steinheim / Main 1973 OCLC 74167908 (from: Olmützer Blätter ; 1972, 1973).
• Adam Sekanina: David Johann Zürn (1665 - po 1730) , Olomouc 2013, (Diploma thesis (Magister), diplomová práce (Mgr.). Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci. Filozofická fakulta 2013, 283 pages full text online PDF, free of charge, 283 pages, 35 , 3 MB, Czech).

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