Ignác Lengelacher

Place: Near Peißenberg

Born: 1698

Biography:

Ignaz Lengelacher was a German-born Baroque sculptor, primarily active in south Moravia. He was born in 1698 near Peißenberg, Germany. He began his career as an assistant in the workshops of Giovanni Stanetti, Lorenzo Mattielli, and Giovanni Giuliani in Vienna around 1717. In 1723, he entered the service of Walther Franz Xaver Anton, Prince of Dietrichstein, providing decorations and statues for Nikolsburg Castle. He created a 'Holy Trinity Column' for the former St. Anne's Church, site of the Dietrichstein family tomb, from designs by the painter, Anton Joseph von Prenner. He also created the Torah ark at the Nikolsburg Synagogue. He favored certain religious figures, notably Saint John of Nepomuk, with statues in Wolframitz (Olbramovice), 1728), Neumühl (Nové Mlýny [Cs], 1731) and Kanitz (Dolní Kounice, 1735). A wooden statue (1740), originally in Nikolsburg, is now at the Moravian Gallery in Brno. He always changed the composition and expression, to match the statue's specific context. He died around 1780 in Baden, Germany.