Jan Brokoff

Who was Jan Brokoff?

Jan Brokoff, also known as Johann Brokoff, 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 the burgher rights in Prague town quarter Staré město. He and his wife Elisabeth born Spingler had seven children: two of the three sons continued in his work, the third one Antonín later became the court poet in Vienna and a daughter. Jan Brokoff died in Prague.