Martin Zürn

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St. Sebastian, Martin Zürn, 1638–39

Martin Zürn (* 1585-1590 in Waldsee , † after 1665 in Braunau am Inn [?]) Was a German sculptor of the Baroque from the family of sculptors Zürn , mainly in the Bavarian region and in Upper Austria worked.

Life

He was a son of Hans Zürn the elder and brother of Jörg Zürn . From 1624 he worked mostly with his brother Michael Zürn the Elder (around 1590 – after 1651) in Bavaria and Austria in the Innviertel . In their works from late mannerism they developed a baroque formal language.

literature

  • Claus Zoege von Manteuffel : The Zürn family of sculptors 1606–1666 , 2 volumes. Konrad, Weißenhorn 1969, DNB 458734705 (Habilitation TU Berlin [1969], volume 1: 317 pages [with a contribution by Peter von Bomhard], volume 2: picture tables and catalog of works , 518 pages).

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