Breslau Cabinet of Natural and Artificial Curiosities

...monument of red and white marble, as well as that of Joh. Crato von Krafftheim, the most celebrated physician of three Emperors, of white alabaster, elegantly expressing the resurrection of the dead.

Furthermore, the monument of our not long-deceased Proto-Chamberlain, the Illustrious Lord Georg von Wolff, merits attention, which was erected in the chapel behind the pulpit, which is entirely of black Cracow marble, adorned with red and white columns of Salzburg marble. This monument rests upon a foundation of stones, which were carved as if they were native rock; upon this is placed a square base of blue Priborn marble, and upon that is seen a huge slab of black Cracow marble with an inscription. Upon this square base rests a huge pyramid of the same Priborn marble, the apex of which is covered by glowing clouds, upon which the name JEHOVAH is inscribed, or Glory (as they call it). At the base of the pyramid stands a bust-length effigy expressed in just proportion, and below it the Wolffian coat of arms stands out, both works made from the most beautiful white marble from the Carrara mass. On one side stands a woman with wings and a flame upon her head, representing Divine Love, who tenderly embraces the effigy with one hand, directing her eyes toward the Glory. On the other side, a little higher up, an Angel appears, who carries a heart aloft to the Glory. Below, on both sides, two boys sit, one of whom attempts to blow on embers that are nearly extinguished, while the other, holding a skull in his hand and seeing an overturned and thrown-down hourglass at his feet, weeps. All these effigies were made by the aforementioned Ferdinand Brokkhoff, and the entire work was erected by our city's sculptor Joh. Adam Karinger. The inventor and director was the Imperial Architect, recently deceased, the Lord Baron Joh. Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.

II. The Church of St. Mary Magdalene is remarkable for its various cenotaphs of marble. Among these, the Arzatian monument shines with a certain singular form, whose statues surpass all others in art. The name of its maker was Matthias Rauchmüller, and he originated from the County of Tyrol. That monument contains the following...