Anton Dominik Fernkorn, a German sculptor and bronze founder, born at Erfurt, March 17, 1813. He spent a number of years in a foun-dery at Munich, and at the same time attended the academy of Schwanthaler. In 1840 he settled in Vienna, and having produced several excellent works was made director of a government bronze foundery. Among his best productions are the colossal equestrian statue of the archduke Charles, finished in 1860, and the monument to Prince Eugene in 1865. In 1866 he became insane, and was placed in a private asylum at Dobling, near Vienna.