The New International Encyclopædia/Donner, Raphael

DONNER, Raphael (1692-1741). An Austrian sculptor, born at Esslingen. He received his artistic training chiefly at the Vienna Academy, was appointed to a post in the Imperial service in 1724, and in 1729 director of building to Prince Eszterházy. As a sculptor he endeavored to substitute for the over-elaborate and confused style of Bernini, then dominant in plastic art, a simpler method, combining the rococo and the antique. His works include two bas-reliefs in marble for Saint Stephen's Cathedral at Vienna, a fountain in lead for the court of the Old Town Hall, Vienna, and another for the New Market in that city.