Career
Brokoff was of Carpathian German origin, born in Spišská Sobota, today in Slovakia, then in Royal Hungary, and later working and living in Bohemia. He was the father of the sculptors Michael Brokoff and Ferdinand Brokoff. In 1675 Brokoff moved from Hungary and worked at various places mainly in western Bohemia.
Three years later, in 1692 he settled in Prague and gained burgher rights in Prague"s Staré město (Old Town).
Two of the sons continued in his work (and the younger, Ferdinand Maxmilian, becoming the more prominent), the third son, Antonín Sebastian, later became the court poet in Vienna. January Brokoff died in Prague.