BROKOV (BROKOFF). — Bohemian sculptors. FERDINANDO MASSIMILIANO, born in 1688 at Červený Hrádek, died in 1731 at Prague.
His principal works of a religious character, which together express the widespread landscape-ornamental taste characteristic of his time, are the numerous and richly executed sculptural groups carved between 1707 and 1714 for the Charles Bridge in Prague, and the statue of St. Filippo (1715) on the new staircase of Prague Castle. In the Czech capital there are, in churches and squares, other sculptures by him, such as, for example, the tomb of Count G. Venceslao da Mitrovice (1715–16), a Holy Family (1718), a Way of the Cross (1720), the models for the silver statues of St. Ludmilla, and a St. Giovanni Nepomuceno (1727). Outside Prague, notable works are a St. Venceslao (1717) at Rozedalovice, Mosè e Aron (1722) at Breslavia, and another St. Giovanni Nepomuceno (1725) at Hozin.
GIOVANNI, father of the preceding, born in 1652 at Spiská Sobota, died on 28 December 1718 at Prague.
Through his works, abundantly distributed among the churches of Prague, Ronsperk, Borek, Broumov, Skramnik, Police, and Děčín, he effectively represents, together with his son, Matyáš Braun, Giovanni Bendl, BRANDL, PETR (v.), the finest tendency of the Baroque in the Czech lands.