Mathias Wenzel Jäckel
Mathias Wenzel Jäckel (also: Mätthäus Wenzel Jäckel ; Sorbian Maćij Wjacław Jakula ; Czech Matěj Václav Jäckel ; born September 11, 1655 in Wittichenau / Kulow, † after January 16, 1738 in Prague ) was a Sorbian sculptor of the Bohemian Baroque .
Career
Mathias Wenzel Jäckel is said to have learned the carving trade from the Dresden sculptor Melchior Barthel . Around 1684 he founded his own sculpting workshop in Prague, in which countless works of art were created over the next few decades. The clients were mostly church institutions and orders. Among the most famous works include the for the Prague Charles Bridge created statues "St. Anna with Child Jesus ”(1707) and“ Madonna with St. Bernhard "(1709).
Further plants in Prague
- St. Francis Church / Kreuzherrenkirche ( Kostel svatého Františka z Assisi ): plastic decorations on the main altar, attic figures
- Karlsplatz : fountain with column of St. Joseph (1698)
- Břevnov Monastery : facade sculptures
- Wendish seminary : statue of Simon Peter
Works in other locations in the Czech Republic
- Trhové Sviny : Pulpit for the pilgrimage church
- Český Krumlov : Marian column (1717)
- Sedlec Monastery : sculptures
- Dobřany : St. Vitus Church ( Kostel sv. Víta ): main altar as a column canopy
Works in Upper Lusatia
For the St. Marienstern monastery in Panschwitz-Kuckau , Jäckel created a statue of the Man of Sorrows in 1718 and a Mater dolorosa in 1720 . Likewise, the Marian column, the column Nepomuk and the Holy Trinity Column on the Klosterplatz be, as well as the crucifix and the Virgin viewed 1725 on the west facade as his work. 1722–1723 he created the stucco marble altar for the parish church of his birthplace Wittichenau.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Jäckel, Mathias Wenzel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 10th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 33 ( digitized version ).
- Jürgen Matschie: Mathias Wenzel Jäckel - a Sorbian baroque sculptor. In: Lětopis C 24 (1981), pp. 64-74.
- Marianne Mehling (Ed.): Knaur's cultural guide Czech Republic . Munich 1993. ISBN 3-426-26609-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the New German Biography, the first name is given with "Lorenz Wenzel", see Ursula Roehlig: Hiernle, Carl Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 111 ( digitized version ) .; The entry in the GND also comes from there .
- ^ Uwe Miersch: Kamenz & surroundings. in: Travel Guide Dresden and Saxony. History, art, architecture, landscape. CD-ROM. Oßling 2008.
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SURNAME | Jackel, Mathias Wenzel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jäckel, Matthäus Wenzel; Jakula, Maćij Wjacław; Jäckel, Matěj Václav; Jäckel, Lorenz Wenzel (in the New German Biography, Volume 9, p. 111) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sculptor of the Bohemian Baroque |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1655 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wittichenau |
DATE OF DEATH | after January 16, 1738 |
Place of death | Prague |