The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Knabl, Joseph

KNABL, Joseph, a Tyrolese sculptor, born at Fliess in 1821. He is the son of a farmer, and studied first under a local artist, and subsequently in Munich, where he became in 1863 professor in the academy. He excels in mediæval statuary. His principal works represent religious subjects, as his &ldquo;St. Anne and Mary,&rdquo; for the Eichstädt cathedral, which obtained a prize in 1858 and his admission to the academy, and his masterpiece, the &ldquo;Coronation of Mary,&rdquo; for the high altar of the church of Our Lady in Munich.