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255: 157:, also a sculptor, and apprenticed in his workshop at first. Later he continued his education by Filip Ondřej Quitainer and possibly also Jan Oldřich Mayer, two distinct sculptors and carvers of the time. After his father's death he took over his workshop for a short time in 1718. He is said to surpass the work of his father by technical excellency although he never achieved the supreme style of his younger brother 22: 198:
In contrast to his brother, Michael Brokoff's work is said to be "less exacting"; the expression of the statues is concentrated into the mimics of the heads, with the gestures of the body somewhat tense.
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Many important sculptures are attributed to him, at least as a co-author: the statue of
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at the garden of the Kolowrat Palace in Prague, statuary of
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Neubert, Karel; Kořán, Ivo; Suchomel, Miloš (1991).
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