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Jan Brokoff, also known asJohann Brokoff, (23 June 1652 – 28 December 1718) was abaroque-erasculptor and woodcarver.[1]
Brokoff was ofCarpathian German origin, born inGeorgenberg,Royal Hungary todaySpišská Sobota inSlovakia, and later working and living inBohemia. He was the father of the sculptorsMichael Brokoff andFerdinand Brokoff.
In 1675, Brokoff moved from Hungary and worked at various places mainly in westernBohemia. Three years later, in 1692, he settled inPrague and gained burgher rights in Prague's Staré město (Old Town). He and his wife Elisabeth (Czech:Eliška) born Spingler had four children–sons, Michal Jan Josef, Ferdinand Maxmilian and Antonin Sebastian, and a daughter, Anna Eleonora. Two of the sons continued in his work (and the younger, Ferdinand Maxmilian, becoming the more prominent), the third son, Antonín Sebastian, later became the court poet inVienna. Jan Brokoff died in Prague.
The works attributed to him are of two kinds: some he made himself, others he only designed and let his son Ferdinand actually make them. Brokoff created the statuary ofLamenting of the Christ (Czech:Pieta) placed on theCharles Bridge in 1695, however, this sculpture has been later (1859) moved to the Monastery of the Gracious Sisters of Charles Borromei (Sorores Misericordiae Congregationis S. Caroli Borromei) under thePetřín Hill in Prague.
Other notable pieces include: a wooden model of thestatue ofJohn of Nepomuk, according to which the bronze statue, that is now on Charles Bridge, has been cast, statues ofSt. Joseph andChristening of the Lord on Charles Bridge (both have been damaged during therevolution days in 1848 and today can be found in the lapidarium of the National Museum in Prague) and many other plastics around Bohemia such as the sculpture in the church of St. Barbara inManětín or statues which decorate castles and chateaux inKlášterec nad Ohří,Červený Hrádek Chateau nearJirkov,Libochovice,Broumov Monastery, etc.
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