Christoph Daniel Schenck
Christoph Daniel Schenck was a German sculptor, also known as Christophorus Schenck or Christoph Daniel Schenk. Christoph-Daniel-Schenk-Straße is named after him in Konstanz, the city where he was born and died.
He was born into a family of sculptors in Konstanz, which was mainly active in the Bodensee, Upper Swabia and North Swiss regions, and trained under his father. He was mainly active during the Catholic Reformation, during which many monasteries and churches were redesigned and refurnished.
He is best known for this Baroque religious works, mainly small ones made of boxwood and ivory. He also produced several wooden sculptures and figures for altars.
Selected works
- colossal high altar at Salem Minster, whose figures were largely destroyed in the fire of 1697 The Archangel Michael Overcoming Satan Christ with an Angel outside the tower of St.-Laurentius-Kirche in Tengen Samson in the Augustinermuseum FreiburgPenitent Magdalene Penitent St Peter The Conversion of St Paul Christ Mocked in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Epitaph in the choir of the Stephanskirche in Lindau with the grave monument of Valentin Heider from Lindau
- Altar in the north transept of Konstanz Minster