Umělecká tvorba rodiny Süssnerů v německém a českém prostředí v druhé polovině 17. století

Abstract

This thesis outlines the artistic work ofthe German extended Stissner fami1y, which originated from Nortwest Bohemia. In the work we find (as many as) eight members ofthe Stissner family, as many as five ofwhom were artistically active. The most significant figures within this family are Jeremias Stissner (1653-1690), the Brandenburg (Saxon) court sculptor from the West Bohemian town ofOstrov, who was active in Dresden and Berlin, and his brother Conrad Max Stissner (1665-after 1696). These artist workedpredominantly within a German environment and their artistic contribution to the Czech scene was a "mere" import (six sculptures for the knights' church of St. Francis /kostel sv. Františka! in Prague's Old Town in 1689 and 1691), assumed to be from the Dresden studio. The greater part ofthis thesis is devoted to both brothers, in which the more significant Jeremias Stissner is to a certain extent ofregional importace. Unfortunately, due to the fragmented nature ofthe records, information about these attists is incomplete. Their work reflects both the classicist Flemish school, as well as radical Roman baroque, which was close to the works of Giovanni Lorenzo Bemini or Alessandro AIgardi. The work of the Flemish school is connected to the master Johann Heinrich senior, ofwhom Jeremias Stissner was a...