Michael Johann Joseph Brokoff ( cs, Michal Jan Josef Brokoff; 28 April 1686 – 8 September 1721) was a Czech

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of the Baroque era, working with

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Biography

Michael Brokoff was born in

Klášterec nad Ohří Klášterec nad Ohří (; german: Klösterle an der Eger) is a town in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...

as the oldest son of

Jan Brokoff Jan Brokoff, also known as Johann Brokoff, (23 June 1652 – 28 December 1718) was a baroque-era sculptor and carver. Brokoff was of Carpathian German origin, born in Spišská Sobota, today in Slovakia, then in Royal Hungary, and later w ...

, also a sculptor, and apprenticed in his workshop at first. Later he continued his education by Filip Ondřej Quitainer and possibly also Jan Oldřich Mayer, two distinct sculptors and carvers of the time. After his father's death he took over his workshop for a short time in 1718. He is said to surpass the work of his father by technical excellency although he never achieved the supreme style of his younger brother

Ferdinand Brokoff Ferdinand Maxmilian Brokoff (Czech: ''Ferdinand Maxmilián Brokoff''; 12 September 1688 – 8 March 1731) was a sculptor and carver of the Baroque era. Life and career He was born in Červený Hrádek near Jirkov, Bohemia, the second son of E ...

, to whom he forwarded leading of the family workshop. Many important sculptures are attributed to him, at least as a co-author: the statue of ''St.

Adalbert of Prague Adalbert of Prague ( la, Sanctus Adalbertus, cs, svatý Vojtěch, sk, svätý Vojtech, pl, święty Wojciech, hu, Szent Adalbert (Béla); 95623 April 997), known in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia by his birth name Vojtěch ( la, ...

'' from 1709 on

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, Prague (in collaboration with his brother Ferdinand), statue of ''St. Ludmila'' at

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, Prague, ''Herculius'' at the garden of the Kolowrat Palace in Prague, statuary of ''Virgin Mary'' in

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, etc. Contrary to his brother, his work is said to be less spatially verbose, the expression of the statues is concentrated into the mimics of the heads, with the gestures of the body somewhat tense. Brokoff died on 8 September 1721 in

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, at the age of 35. 1686 births 1721 deaths Czech Baroque sculptors Czech male sculptors Czech people of German descent Czech people of Hungarian descent People from Chomutov District {{CzechRepublic-sculptor-stub