Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff

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Ferdinand Maxmilián Brokoff

Ferdinand Brokoff (also: Brokof , Prokop , Czech: Ferdinand Maxmilián Brokoff) (baptized 9. September 1688 in Roth House , † 8. March 1731 in Prague ) was a Czech sculptor of the Baroque .

Memorial plaque for Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff at the St. Martin in the Wall Church in Prague

origin

Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff came from a family of sculptors from Georgenberg (Spišská Sobota) in the Spiš County . His father Johann Brokoff came to Prague after his training in Regensburg on his wanderings and in 1670 he started his own sculpture workshop, in which both sons (Michael Johann Brokoff and Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff, who was two years younger) worked.

education and profession

Ferdinand was a student of his father and continued his training with the sculptor Andreas Quitainer. From 1707 he had the citizenship of the old town of Prague and he worked in the family workshop . His role models in the design of his sculptural works were Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini and Matthias Bernhard Braun .

Brokoff participated from 1707 with independent work on the plastic decoration of the Charles Bridge . He soon became known for these figure compositions, and large commissions from the Prague and Bohemian nobility followed.

The collaboration with Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach became important for Brokoff , after whose design he created the tomb of the Bohemian high chancellor Johann Wenzel Wratislaw von Mitrowitz , located in the church of St. Jakob . In 1722 he was called to Breslau by Fischer von Erlach , where he was given the job of sculpting the cathedral chapel . In 1726 he worked again in Prague and created, among other things, the Marian column with the sculptures of the eight patrons on the Hradschin . In 1728 he acquired the citizenship of the New Town of Prague . In the same year he made the model for the stucco high altar of the Karlskirche in Vienna .

In 1729 a large order from the Cistercian monastery Grüssau in Silesia followed , in which he was given the task of decorating the monastery church under construction. There he worked on the models until 1730. After his early death, his pupil Anton Dorazil took over the management and completion of the work with a sculptor's workshop from Prague.

Like his father and brother Michael Brokoff, Brokoff was buried in the no longer existing cemetery near the Church of St. Martin in the Wall in Prague. Today a plaque on the church with the portrait of Ferdinand Maximilian commemorates the family of sculptors.

Works

In Prague

  • Charles Bridge : St. Barbara , St. Margaretha and St. Elisabeth (1707); St. Kajetan (1709); St. Francis of Borgia (1710); St. Francis Xavier (1711); St. Vincent and St. Procopius (1712); St. John of Matha , St. Felix of Valois and St. Ivan (1714); St. Vitus (1714)
  • Hrzán Palais: facade decoration
  • Morzin-Palais: Allegories day and night above the portal and other figural decorations
  • On the golden deer (U zlatého jelena, Tomášska ul. 4) : Sculpture group of St. Hubert kneeling in front of the deer
  • Hradschiner Platz : Marian column with sculptures of the eight patrons (1726)
  • St. George's Basilica (Bazilika stvatého Jiří) : statue of St. John of Nepomuk
  • St. Jacob's Church (Kostel svatého Jakuba) : Tomb of the Colonel Chancellor Johann Wenzel Wratislaw von Mitrowitz (together with JB Fischer von Erlach)
  • St. Thomas Church (Kostel svatého Tomáše) : sculptures of the Bohemian patron saint
  • Teynkirche : marble relief family of Christ
  • St. Gallus Church (Kostel svatého Havla) : sculptures of the Calvary Chapel

In other places in Bohemia

High altar of the Karlskirche in Vienna
Facade sculptures Grüssau monastery church

In Vienna

  • Karlskirche: model for the stuccoed scene on the high altar (1728, probably also execution)
  • Michaelerkirche: Epitaph of Prince Trautson (1723–1724, together with Fischer v. Erlach)

In Silesia

  • Breslau (Wrocław) , Elector's Chapel in the Breslau Cathedral : statues of Aaron and Moses , angel figure above the altar, portal decorations with scenes of the Ascension of Christ , Hell , Death of Jacob and the Last Supper
  • Wroclaw, St. Elisabeth Church (Kościół Św. Elżbiety) : epitaph for Johann Georg von Wolff (designed by Fischer von Erlach)
  • Grüssau , monastery church: facade sculptures Moses and the Hll. Benedict of Nursia, Scholastica, Gregor the Elder Gr., Bernhard von Clairvaux and Luitgart von Tongern ; above: putti with banderoles; above in side niches: Annunciation and Visitation of Mary ; Designs for the facade crowning; Design of the architectural-sculptural high altar; Choir stalls; Organ prospectus

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personal data
SURNAME Brokoff, Ferdinand Maximilian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brokof, Ferdinand Maximilian; Prokop, Ferdinand Maximilian; Brokoff, Ferdinand Maxmilián
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian baroque sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH baptized September 9, 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH Rothenhaus
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1731
Place of death Prague