BRAUN, Matyàs Bebnard. — Sculptor, born in 1684 at Otz in the Tyrol, died on 15 February 1738 at Prague.
He trained and carried out his entire career exclusively in Bohemia, to whose artistic history he fully belongs. A typical exponent of the most mature Baroque taste, he gave his works an ornamental character, integrating them positively into the scenic effect of the cities; the finest examples are the statues for Charles Bridge in Prague (the group of St. Luitgarda and the statue of St. Ivo, respectively from 1710 and 1711), the votive columns at Teplice (1718) and at Jaroměř (1723–27), and the thirteen saints around the church at Lysá.
Other notable works include: Christ on the Cross in the convent church at Píšťany, the altars and confessionals of the church of St. Clement in Prague (1712–15), the statues of the Evangelists, eight angels, St. Wenceslas and St. Procopius at Litomyšl, St. Hubert, and the group with the Cross on the estate of the Sporck family at Kukus. Also noteworthy is the tomb of Count Šlik in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague.