Michael Brokoff

Commemorative plaque on the Church of St. Martin in the Wall in Prague

Sculpture group of the Bohemian cartridge on the Old Town Bridge in Děčín

Michael Brokoff (born April 28, 1686 in Klösterle , † September 8, 1721 in Prague ) was a German-Bohemian sculptor.

Life

Michael Brokoff was the son of Johann Brokoff and the brother of Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff . He began his apprenticeship as a sculptor in his father's workshop. He later continued his training with the sculptor Andreas Guitteiner (1679–1729) (Czech. Ondřej Filip Quitainer) and possibly also with Johann Ulrich Mayer (1666–1721). After his father's death in 1718, he took over his workshop for a short time on the cemetery wall of St. Martin's Church in Prague. Although he was superior to his father in technical perfection, he never achieved the higher style of his younger brother Ferdinand Brokoff, who took over the management of the family workshop after his death. Like his father and brother, he was buried in the cemetery of St. Martin's Church in Prague . The sculptor family Brokoff is still remembered with a plaque there today.

Works

Selection of works that are attributed to Michael Brokoff (as a co-author in collaboration with his brother Ferdinand or his father Johann Brokoff):

Prague

Lesser Town : Statue of St. John of Nepomuk at the foot of the town hall stairs
Lesser Town: Statue of St. Philipp Neri on the ramp of the new castle stairs (1714)
Lesser Town: Statue of St. John of Nepomuk at the Church of St. John the Baptist
Neustadt : Statue of Johann von Nepomuk at the Trinity Church
Vyšehrad : statue of St. Ludmila in the niche chapel of St. Ludmila
Charles Bridge : sculpture group Baptism of Christ (1706)
Charles Bridge: Sculpture Group of St. Barbara , St. Margarethe and St. Elisabeth (1707)
Charles Bridge: statue of St. Adalbert (1709)
Lesser Quarter: Hercules sculpture in the garden of the Kolowrat Palace
Old town : decor in the Clementinum

Other places in Bohemia

Braunau : Marian column on the market square (1706, collaboration with his father)
Dechen : Statues of the Bohemian patron saint: St. Wenceslas , St. John of Nepomuk and St. Veit on the Old Town Bridge (1714)
Politz an der Mettau : statue of the Virgin Mary (1707)
Rozdalowitz : Decoration on the castle

Sculpture group of St. Barbara, St. Margarethe and St. Elisabeth on the Charles Bridge
Statue of St. Adalbert on the Charles Bridge
Statue of St. John of Nepomuk on the steps of the town hall in Prague
Statue of St. Philipp Neri on the ramp of the castle stairs in Prague
Marian column in Broumov
Marian column in Police nad Metují

Web links

Commons : Michael Brokoff - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikidata

Individual evidence

↑ ABART - Michal Josef Brokoff (accessed August 29, 2019)
↑ Prague Pantheon - Michal Jan Josef Brokoff (Czech) (accessed August 29, 2019)
↑ Baroque in Europe - Sculptors (accessed August 29, 2019)
↑ Chapel with statue of St. Ludmilla (Czech) (accessed August 29, 2019)

personal data
SURNAME	Brokoff, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brokoff, Michael Johann Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	bohemian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1686
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kloesterle
DATE OF DEATH	September 8, 1721
Place of death	Prague

[1] ABART - Michal Josef Brokoff (accessed August 29, 2019)

[2] Prague Pantheon - Michal Jan Josef Brokoff (Czech) (accessed August 29, 2019)

[3] Baroque in Europe - Sculptors (accessed August 29, 2019)

[4] Chapel with statue of St. Ludmilla (Czech) (accessed August 29, 2019)