Matthias Rauchmiller was a painter, sculptor and ivory carver active and influential in Vienna after 1675. Born on 11 January 1645 in Radolfzell, he died in Vienna on 5 February 1686.
Matthias Rauchmiller's clay model (1681) for the statue of Saint John Nepomuk which was placed on the Charles Bridge in Prague in 1683. Its iconography (bearded priest leaning to one side, wearing biretta, holding crucifix, haloed by five stars) became the archetype for later representations of this saint.
Metternich tomb in the Liebfrauenkirche, Trier, Germany
Plague Column in Vienna, based on Rauchmiller's three-sided design
The Liebfrauenkirche in Trier, is, according to UNESCO, "the earliest church built in French High Gothic style outside France." It is designated as part of the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Trier Dom (cathedral) is next to it, and the two buildings share a common wall.
Liebfrauenkirche, Trier
Liebfrauenkirche with dom (cathedral)
Exterior of Liebfrauenkirche
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