!!!Fernkorn, Anton Dominik von

b. Erfurt (Germany), March 17, 1813, 
d. Vienna, Nov. 16, 1878, sculptor. Learned many techniques himself in 
the royal ore foundry in Munich, subsequently apprenticed to 
L. v. Schwanthaler. called to Vienna by the founder J.  Glanz. 
His best-known works include the equestrian statues of Archduke Karl 
(1853-1859) and of Prince Eugène (1860-1865), on Heldenplatz in 
Vienna. From 1855-1858 he created a monument at  Aspern in remembrance 
of the Austrian soldiers killed in the battle of Aspern in 1809 
("Loewe von Aspern"). also worked as a portraitist and was the 
most important monumental sculptor of Austrian historicism.

!Literature
H. Aurenhammer, A. D. F., 1959; V. Malekovic, 
A. D. F. - Spomenik Banu Josipu Jelaćiču, 
exhibition catalogue, Zagreb 1990.



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