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

Statue of Simon Peter on the corner of the Wendish seminary

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

Commons : Matěj Václav Jäckel - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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.

personal data
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

[1] 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 .

[2] Uwe Miersch: Kamenz & surroundings. in: Travel Guide Dresden and Saxony. History, art, architecture, landscape. CD-ROM. Oßling 2008.