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Jan Jiří Bendl
Johann-Georg Bendl (; before 1620 – 27 May 1680 in Prague), or Jan Jiří Bendl (), was a Bohemian Baroque sculptor, who worked mainly in Prague. He was the son of fellow sculptor Georg Bendl (–1656) and is considered the first important Bohemian Baroque sculptor. His sculptural style was imitated by many successors, and some of his statues can be seen at the National Gallery in the St. George Convent in the Prague Castle. Works The wooden pulpit (since destroyed) of the St. Wenceslas Church (Zderaz), St. Wenceslas Church (of the Augustinians, Augustinian Order) in Prague, was probably one of his earliest works. He also sculpted the pulpit in the church Kostel Panny Marie pod Řetězem in the Prague district Malá Strana. All the most important churches in Prague eventually would order one or more statues. In 1648 he sculpted the statues for side chapels in the Church of Our Lady in front of Týn, Church of Our Lady of Týn, the church on the main square of Prague. He decora ...
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