Alexander Colyn

Alexander Colyn (1527-1612), a Flemish sculptor active in Germany and Austria, contributed to Heidelberg Castle with works influenced by Michelangelo and Sansovino. Called to Innsbruck by Ferdinand I, he worked on the Hofkirche, creating reliefs and statues in honor of Emperor Maximilian I. During an intermediate period in Vienna, he created fountains adorned with nymphs and coats of arms of the Medruzzo family. Specializing in imperial tombs, such as that of Princess Anna in Prague, Colyn stood out for his technical mastery and pictorial effects in his funerary works. Among his later works were the tombs of Hans Fugger and Catherine von Loxan.