Johann Wolfgang Frölicher

Epitaph of Anselm Franz von Ingelheim (1634–1695) by Johann Wolfgang Fröicher in the collegiate church of St. Peter and Alexander in Aschaffenburg, 1695

Baptismal font in Trier Cathedral by Johann Wolfgang Frölicher, around 1700

Johann Wolfgang Frölicher (baptized 29. June 1652 in Solothurn , † 26. April 1700 in Trier ) was a native of Switzerland, sculptor of the Baroque .

life and work

Johann Wolfgang Frölicher was the son of the innkeeper and trader Johann Ulrich Frölicher the Elder and Anna Maria Graf. Happier. Based on stylistic clues, it can be assumed that he received his artistic training outside of Solothurn, possibly in the Netherlands or Italy. However, self-study using graphic templates also appears possible.

In 1676 Fröhlicher settled in Frankfurt am Main , where he married Anna Maria Hepper, with whom he had eleven children, and in 1683 became a citizen of Frankfurt. He was active in and around Frankfurt am Main, Mainz and Trier. He created numerous furnishings for churches and funerary monuments. He was buried in the cloister of Trier Cathedral , a marble tablet referring to his grave has been in the cloister again since 2015 after it had been kept in a museum's depot for a long time. His brother was the sculptor Johann Peter Frölicher , one of his students Cornelius Andreas Donett .

Works

See the online table of contents of Nicole Beyer's dissertation and the SIKART data sheet.

literature

• Nicole Beyer: The work of Johann Wolfgang Frölicher. A contribution to baroque sculpture in Germany in the 17th century (= sources and treatises on church history in the Middle Rhine region , volume 92). Diocese archive Trier, Trier 1999, ISBN 3-929135-24-8 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Johann Wolfgang Frölicher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Nicole Beyer: Frölicher, Johann Wolfgang. In: Sikart
• The grave monument of Archbishop Anselm Franz von Ingelheim in: Biography Anselm Franz von Ingelheim, regionalgeschichte.net
• Tomb for Noe du Fay from 1674 in the Peterskirchhof Frankfurt am Main
• "Apollo and Daphne". Wooden sculpture from the circle of Johann Wolfgang Frölicher, end of the 17th century