Jan Brokoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Brokoff

German sculptor

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1652

Place of Birth: Szepes County

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1718

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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 working and living in Bohemia.
He was the father of the sculptors Michael Brokoff and Ferdinand Brokoff. In 1675 Brokoff moved from Hungary and worked at various places mainly in western Bohemia.
Three years later, in 1692 he settled in Prague and gained burgher rights in Prague's Staré mesto (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 in Vienna.
Jan Brokoff died in Prague.