Matthias Steinl
Matthias Steinl or Steindl (* around 1644 ; † April 18, 1727 ) was an Austrian architect and sculptor . He was one of the first to establish the high baroque style in Austria .
Probably coming from Salzburg , it has been recorded in Breslau since 1682 , and was probably recommended to Vienna by the prince-bishop there . In 1688 he became an imperial chamber bone engraver .
His first architectural commission near Vienna (not documented) was the parish church of Laxenburg ( taken over by Carlo Antonio Carlone ), with which he realized the first high baroque building north of the Alps with curved facade elements from 1703.
His architectural designs were mainly realized by Joseph Munggenast , with whom he, like his uncle Jakob Prandtauer , often worked. These works include the tower of Stift Dürnstein (1718) and of Zwettl Monastery (1722).
Of his sculptural work, his equestrian statuettes of Leopold I and Joseph I , which show the two emperors fighting against the Turks , are particularly famous : the composition is dynamic and charged with tension.
In addition, his designs for altar rooms and choir stalls (for example for the parish church Maria Hietzing , the Peterskirche in Vienna and the collegiate church Klosterneuburg ) should be mentioned, which reveal a highly spatial structural concept that has been trained at the theater. In 2010 an ivory group Pluto kidnapped Proserpina from around 1700 was auctioned in Munich in the art trade.
Realizations
- 1707 / 1708–1712: Carmelite monastery church , St. Pölten
literature
- The art letter. Series: Die kleine Feldbücherei: Drei Reiterstauetten made of ivory by Matthias Steinl , Verlag Gebrüder Mann, Berlin, during the Second World War, without a year.
Web links
- Entry on Matthias Steinl in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Entry for Matthias Steinl in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Literature by and about Matthias Steinl in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinl, Matthias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steindl, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1644 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1727 |