Nikolaus Moll (sculptor)

Nikolaus Moll (born March 5, 1676 in Blumenegg , Vorarlberg, † April 20, 1754 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian baroque sculptor .

Life

Nikolaus Moll was a student of Balthasar Permoser in Salzburg . By marrying the Innsbruck bourgeois daughter Anna Maria Fries (1681–1768) in 1708, he obtained Innsbruck citizenship and was allowed to open a workshop in the city. Subsequently he worked as a carver in Innsbruck for the court and the Tyrolean estates, among others . His main works include the pulpit in the Cathedral of St. Jakob (1723-25) and the statues of the sovereigns in the meeting room of the old country house (1725/30).

Moll had nine children, the sons Johann Nikolaus (* 1709), Balthasar Ferdinand (* 1717) and Anton Cassian (* 1722) also became sculptors.

Works

The pulpit in Innsbruck Cathedral

Colossal figures of the giants Haymon and Thyrsus next to the portal of the Wilten collegiate church , 1716–1719
Pulpit and organ prospect of the parish church, today St. Jakob Cathedral , Innsbruck, 1723–1725
Altar figures of Josef and Johannes Evangelist above the sacrificial portals in the Birgitz parish church , 1726
Statues of the sovereigns in the meeting room, statues of Artemis and Apollon as well as magnificent vases in the stairwell of the old country house , 1728–1732
Altar sculptures of hll. Vigilius and Kassian in the St. Georg country house chapel , around 1730
Altar figures, Axams parish church , around 1735

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Moll, Nikolaus . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 19th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1868, p. 12 f. ( Digitized version ).
Artur Schuschnigg : Moll, Nikolaus . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 39-40 .

Web links

Commons : Nikolaus Moll - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Heinrich Schuler: Premonstratensian monastery Wilten in Innsbruck. Verlag Schnell & Steiner (Art Guide No. 316), 3. neubearb. Ed., Munich 1974, p. 18
↑ ^a ^b Helmuth Öhler: Women in the Baroque City: The virtuous “married landlords” Anna Barbara Lechleitner (d. 1748) and Anna Maria Moll (1681–1768) in Innsbruck. In: Innsbruck informs, January 2010, p. 21 ( digitized version )
↑ Dedication to Maria Theresia, around 1740/45 , lust for collecting, 180 years of the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum
^ Schmid-Pittl, Wiesauer: Dom St. Jakob. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
^ ^A ^b Renate Fischler, Andreas Sprenger, Thomas Hofbauer: The old country house. Baroque jewel in the heart of Innsbruck. Published by the State of Tyrol, Landtag Directorate, Innsbruck 2017. ( PDF; 13.3 MB )
^ Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, cultural department (ed.): Culture reports from Tyrol 2007. 60th monument report. Innsbruck 2007, p. 27 ( PDF; 10.7 MB )
↑ Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in Axams (1732) , cultural area Tyrol

personal data
SURNAME	Minor, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian baroque sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1676
PLACE OF BIRTH	Blumenegg , Vorarlberg
DATE OF DEATH	April 20, 1754
Place of death	innsbruck

[kifue_wilten-1] A ^b Heinrich Schuler: Premonstratensian monastery Wilten in Innsbruck. Verlag Schnell & Steiner (Art Guide No. 316), 3. neubearb. Ed., Munich 1974, p. 18

[ibk_inf-2] Helmuth Öhler: Women in the Baroque City: The virtuous “married landlords” Anna Barbara Lechleitner (d. 1748) and Anna Maria Moll (1681–1768) in Innsbruck. In: Innsbruck informs, January 2010, p. 21 ( digitized version )

[3] Dedication to Maria Theresia, around 1740/45 , lust for collecting, 180 years of the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum

[4] Schmid-Pittl, Wiesauer: Dom St. Jakob. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .

[landhaus-5] A ^b Renate Fischler, Andreas Sprenger, Thomas Hofbauer: The old country house. Baroque jewel in the heart of Innsbruck. Published by the State of Tyrol, Landtag Directorate, Innsbruck 2017. ( PDF; 13.3 MB )

[6] Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, cultural department (ed.): Culture reports from Tyrol 2007. 60th monument report. Innsbruck 2007, p. 27 ( PDF; 10.7 MB )

[7] Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in Axams (1732) , cultural area Tyrol