Alexandre Colin

Background

Alexandre Colin was born in 1526 at Malines.

Career

In 1563 Alexandre Colin went, at the invitation of the emperor Ferdinand I, to Innsbruck, to work on the magnificent monument which was being erected to Maximilian I in the nave of the Franciscan church.

The work displays a remarkable combination of liveliness and spirit with extreme care and finish, its delicacy rivalling that of a fine cameo.

Thorwaldsen is said to have pronounced it the finest work of its kind.

His tomb in the cemetery at Innsbruck bears a fine bas-relief executed by one of his sons.

Achievements

• Of the twenty-four marble alti-rilievi, representing the emperor's principal acts and victories, which adorn the sides of this tomb, twenty were executed by Colin, apparently in three years.

Connections

Spouse:

Philippine Welser