(b Kammer, nr Otting, Chiemgau, Bavaria, 13 Aug 1651; d Dresden, 20 Feb 1732). German sculptor. He was among the foremost sculptors of the late Baroque period in Germany. His artistic range extends from the full-blooded Roman Baroque of his monumental sculptures through the Rococo light-heartedness of his decorative works to the sublime pathos of his small devotional pieces. His collaboration with the architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann on the Zwinger in Dresden gave rise to a palatial complex that can be celebrated as one of the last and finest achievements of European Baroque.

• Permoser, Balthasar
  • Germany, §X, 4: Ivory
  • Salzburg, §2(ii): Art life and organization, after c 1600
  • assistants
    • Egell, Paul
  • collaboration
    • Dinglinger, Johann Melchior
    • Donner: (1) Georg Raphael Donner
    • Dresden, §I, 2: History and urban development, 1685–1763
    • Dresden, §IV, 2: Zwinger
  • patrons and collectors
    • Dresden, §II, 2: Art life and organization, 1697–c 1754
    • Savoy, §II: (10) Prince Eugene of
    • Wettin, House of: (7) Frederick-Augustus I, Elector of Saxony
  • pupils
    • England, §IV, 3: Sculpture, c 1660–c 1830
    • Lücke: (1) Johann Christian Ludwig Lücke
    • Moll
    • Pezold, Johann Christoph
    • Roubiliac, Louis-François, §1: Life and work
  • works
    • Germany, §II, 4(ii): Architecture, c 1700–c 1750
    • Germany, §IV, 3(ii)(b): Sculpture, c 1600–c 1750: Central and northern Germany
    • Palace, §II, 3: Baroque and Rococo
    • Pöppelmann, Matthäus Daniel
    • Pulpit, §3: c 1570–c 1800
    • Statuette, §III, 1(iii): 18th century: Germany