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Colin, Alexander
sculptor and architect; b. 1532; d. 1612.
There is a contract dated March 7, 1558, between the elector Otto Heinrich and the sculptor Alexander Colin of Mecheln, for carving the coat of arms over the door of the Otto-Heinrichsbau in the castle of Heidelberg, Germany, and for fourteen statues and fourteen windows. After finishing this work Colin was called to Innsbruck (austrian Tyrol) by the Emperor Ferdinand I, to complete (1562-1566) the monument to Maximilian I in the Hofkirche which had been begun by Peter Abel. Attributed to Colin are the fountain in the Thiergarten at Innsbruck (1564), the monument of the Emperor Ferdinand I in the cathetral of Prague (1564-1589), and other monuments at Innsbruck and elsewhere.
Otto-Heinrichsbau
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