Balthasar Permoser (1651 - 1732)

Balthasar Permoser

Balthasar Permoser was a German sculptor of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He is known as a brilliant representative of the Late Baroque era in the history of European art. Several hundred of Permoser's masterpieces made from the most varied materials have survived. The artist's biography is closely connected with Dresden, where he lived most of his life.

Balthasar Permoser is considered one of the founders of the Southern German style of sculpture. For more than forty years he ran a huge workshop, in which dozens of assistants worked continuously on the creation of statues and reliefs.

Permoser created works of all sizes from marble, sandstone, wood, ivory, fired clay, plaster and silver. Hundreds of apprentices passed through his Dresden workshop, but none of them could surpass their teacher in the level of recognition.