!!!Steinl Steindl, Matthias

Steinl (Steindl), Matthias, b. around 1644, d. Vienna, April 
18, 1727, architect and sculptor. One of the most important designers 
and sculptors of the Austrian Baroque era. His plans were often 
realized by J.  Munggenast.

!Works
Vienna: high altar in the parish church in Hietzing, 1698; 
pulpit in the ´Peterskirche´, 1715/1716. - Lower Austria: 
parish church in Laxenburg, 1693-1695; church of the monastery in 
Zwettl (design of Western front and façade of the steeple, 
realization by Munggenast 1722-1728); in Duernstein (worked on the 
interior decoration; reliefs of the entrance door 1721-1725, design of 
the high altar 1726, church tower 1733); in Klosterneuburg (high 
altar, choir stalls, adaptation of the "Augustinersaal" to the baroque 
style 1725-1727, portal of the cemetery). - Styria: high altar in 
Vorau monastery, 1701-1704. - Wood carvings in Gutenstein (Lower 
Austria); wall fountain in Kremsmuenster (Upper Austria).

!Literature
L. Puehringer-Zwanowetz, M. S., 1966.


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