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Jan Brokoff

1652 - 1718

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Jan Brokoff, also known as Johann Brokoff, (23 June 1652 – 28 December 1718) was a baroque-era sculptor and woodcarver. Brokoff was of Carpathian German origin, born in Georgenberg, Royal Hungary today Spišská Sobota in Slovakia, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Brokoff is the 167th most popular sculptor (up from 175th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 136th in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Jan Brokoff ranks 167 out of 258. Before him are James Pradier, Cephisodotus the Younger, Pietro Bracci, Halyna Sevruk, Rudolf Belling, and Walter De Maria. After him are Gerhard Marcks, Giuseppe Prinzi, Ligier Richier, Ernst Neizvestny, Johann Georg Pinsel, and Tullio Lombardo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1652, Jan Brokoff ranks 15. Before him are Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate, Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental, Thomas Otway, Johann Ernst Glück, Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Pavao Ritter Vitezović. After him is Nahum Tate. Among people deceased in 1718, Jan Brokoff ranks 12. Before him are Stede Bonnet, Vincenzo Coronelli, Philippe de La Hire, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jacques Ozanam, and Devlet II Giray. After him is Margherita Maria Farnese.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Jan Brokoff ranks 130 out of 418. Before him are Kálmán Mikszáth (1847), Vladimír Weiss (1964), Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), Pál Szinyei Merse (1845), Pavel Schmidt (1930), and Emília Vášáryová (1942). After him are Anna Kolesárová (1928), Jaromil Jireš (1935), Ján Čarnogurský (1944), Miloslav Mečíř (1964), Lya De Putti (1897), and Vasiľ Biľak (1917).

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Among SCULPTORS In Slovakia

Among sculptors born in Slovakia, Jan Brokoff ranks 1. After him are János Fadrusz (1858).

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