ZÜRN, Martin
(b. ca. 1585, Waldsee, d. ca. 1655, Waldsee)

Biography

German sculptor, part of a family of sculptors. Martin Zürn and his younger brothers, Michael, Hans Jakob (active 1617-35) and David (1598-1666), settled in the Inn Valley in eastern Bavaria and Upper Austria and are chiefly known for the altars they carved for many of the churches of that region.