!!!Donner, Matthäus

b. Essling in Marchfeld (now Vienna), Aug. 29, 1704, 
d. Vienna, Aug. 26, 1756. Sculptor and medallist, pupil of his brother 
Georg Raphael  Donner. Attended the Academy of Fine Arts, 1726-1732, 
after which D. was appointed Imperial medallist. Probably professor of 
sculpture at the Academy from 1743 to his death; from 1749 head mint 
iron cutter at the minting authority in Vienna, where he was 
especially active. In his numerous official functions, D. contributed 
greatly to the propagation of G. R. D.'s formal principles.



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