Ignaz Bendl (or Ignác Bendl, or Ignaz-Johann Bendl) (? - c.1730) was a

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n painter, sculptor, medalist, and ivory engraver, who worked mainly in

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and

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. There is almost nothing known about his life. According to Grove's ''Dictionary of Art'', he was born, perhaps as the son of

Johann-Georg Bendl Johann-Georg Bendl () or Jan Jiří Bendl () (before 1620 - Prague, 27 May 1680) was a Baroque sculptor, who worked mainly in Prague. He was the son of the Bohemian sculptor Georg Bendl (born ca. 1570, Prague, died 1656). Works The wooden pulpi ...

, in Pfarrkirchen. There are two towns called Pfarrkirchen in

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, therefore it is undecided which one it might have been. There is no date of birth. He died circa 1730, but again no mention where. Remaining works: * twelve ivory reliefs (only one signed by him) of classical gods and heroes (1684) * twelve relief medallions with sybils's heads. Both the reliefs and medallions are on display in the

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, Vienna. * the altarpiece ''Franz von Paula''; Paulanerkirche, Vienna * ivory medallion ''Triumphal arch designed for the coronation of emperor Joseph II'';

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, London (1690) *He made the sculptural group of mythological figures ( Neptune, Vulcan, Ceres and Mercury) for a fountain, following the style of

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in 1693–1694. They were later transferred into the middle of the Bishop's Court of the

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, Brno, from the Square of the Liberty in 1858. Ignaz Bendl also made an engraving of this fountain. *He made equally an engraving (1697) of the Parnassus fountain on the Zelný Market, Brno. This is a baroque fountain decorated with many allegorical figures, animals and dragons. It was built according to a design made by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. This engraving may be an indication that Bendl sculpted these figures. * His best known works are the six lower reliefs on the Baroque Plague Column on the Graben in Vienna. * A number of etchings of designs for ceiling ornaments (1699) * Etchings of religious and mythological themes: ''Scenes of Antique Legends'' (1700) * Plates of applied arts design in a proto-

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style (now in the Museum für angewandte Kunst (Vienna)).

References

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; Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1990; * Benezit E. - Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs; Librairie Gründ, Paris, 1976; (in French) Austrian sculptors Austrian male sculptors Czech sculptors Czech male sculptors {{Austria-sculptor-stub Czech engravers Sculptors from the Holy Roman Empire Engravers from the Holy Roman Empire