"Johann Peter Alexander Wagner (26 February 17301 – 7 January 1809) was a German rococo sculptor.
He was born in Obertheres, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany and was initially ...
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trained by his father, Johann Thomas Wagner. He moved to Vienna in 1747 and worked under several commissioners including another Johann Wagner and Balthasar Ferdinand Moll; after which he moved to Mannheim and worked under Paul Egell or Augustin Egell. He entered under the court sculptor Johann Wolfgang von der Auwera to Prince–Bishop of Würzburg around 1756 who died that year—Wagner then took his master´s widow as his bride, she was named Maria Cordula Curé (daughter of Claude Curé). He also assumed the workshop of his master along with a brother-in-law, Lukas von der Auwera." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)
