Emanuel Max

Emanuel Max, after 1876: Ritter von Wachstein (19 October 1810, Janov[1] – 22 February[2] 1901, Prague) was a sculptor of the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.

Max was born into a family of sculptors and woodcarvers and received his first lessons from his father.

He later studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, under Joseph Bergler and František Kristian Waldherr [cs].

When he returned to Prague, he opened his own successful sculpting workshop and got married.

The following year, he was knighted by Emperor Franz Joseph and given the noble appellation "von Wachstein".

Emanuel Max
Statue of Saint Christopher, Charles Bridge
Radetzky Monument (c. 1900). It was taken down in 1919 and is currently on display in the National Museum