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Michael Brokoff
Michael Johann Joseph Brokoff (Czech: "Michal Jan Josef Brokoff"; 28 April 1686 in Klášterec nad Ohří, Bohemia – 8 September 1721 in Prague) was a Bohemian sculptor of the Baroque era, working with sandstone.
Michael Brokoff was born as the oldest son of Jan Brokoff, 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
1708 in art
Events from the year 1708 in art.
Events.
- Flemish painter and engraver Pieter Casteels III comes to work in Britain.
- Czech sculptor Ferdinand Brokoff sets up his own studio.
Paintings.
- Michael Dahl – Portrait of George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie
- Antonino Grano – Frescoes in Church of Santa Maria della Pietà in Kalsa, Palermo
- Enoch Seeman
- Group portrait of the Bisset family
Drawings.
- Portrait of Anne Hathaway by Nathaniel Curzon