DOMINIK ZAFOUK

1797 Beroun

1876 Beroun

Sculptor and modeller who worked in the Komárov Iron Works and collaborated often with Prague jeweller Jan Richter and sculptor Václav Prachner.

Ca. 1825            Creates a chessboard with Russian motifs (Municipal Museum in Komárov)

1829–1830         Modelled on a design by sculptor Václav Prachner, he creates the form for the headstone sculpture on Bishop Leopold Thun-Hohenstein’s tomb at Malá Strana Cemetery in Prague–Košíře

1835–1836         His Russian memorial based on a design by Peter von Nobile, which commemorates a 1813 battle (the Austrian, Prussian and Russian armies against Napoleon’s France at the Battle of Kulm), is installed outside Přestanov near Teplice

                           (JMl)

UMP 11549                                       UMP 11548

Russian memorial to the Battle of Kulm outside Přestanov (Ústí nad Labem district)