Franz Hoppenstätt (died 1657 or 1658) was a German-Estonian wood carver.

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Franz Hoppenstätt probably came originally from

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. His work is evident in Estonia from the 1640s. From 1653 he was a citizen of Tallinn. There he worked as a wood carver. His Early Baroque works that were decorated with splendid acanthus ornamentation have become famous. Particularly well known works include: * The coloured

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of the church of Järva-Jaani made by Hoppenstätt with its magnificent carvings (1648) * The decorated wall of the funerary chapel of Bogislaus von Rosen in St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn (1655) * The door of the house, ''Pikk tänav 71'', in the old town of Tallinn. None of the works bear Hoppenstätt's signature, so their attribution to him remains in doubt; but all three works are by the same artist.Art Museum of Estonia
/ref> Hoppenstätt died in the late 1650s, probably of the plague.

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Decorative wall of the funerary chapel of Bogislaus von Rosen
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Ev. Luth. St. John's Church in Järva-Jaani
Estonian Baroque sculptors German Baroque sculptors German male sculptors 17th-century Estonian people 17th-century German sculptors 17th-century births 1650s deaths {{Estonia-bio-stub

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