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The baptistery in Parish Church in Kloštar Ivanić (Croatian Conservation Institute Photo Archive, photo by Goran Tomljenović, 2018)

The sculptural group of the Baptism of Christ (Croatian Conservation Institute Photo Archive, photo by Goran Tomljenović, 2018)

Location

Croatia, Zagreb County, Kloštar Ivanić

Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Župna crkva Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije)

Artwork

Baptistery in the Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kloštar Ivanić

Type

Baptistery

Dimensions

Height: 156 cm, width: 112 cm

Critical History

The baptistery was completed in the period between 1761, when the canonical visitation reported on the absence of a baptistery1 and 4 of September 1763, when the newly built and completely furnished church was consecrated by Stjepan Pucz, the Provost of Zagreb and Bishop of Belgrade. The baptistery with its accessories was first mentioned in the canonical visitation of 1765.2 The sculptural group of the Baptism of Christ (37.5 x 20.5 x 13 cm) can be compared to other small-scale sculptures by Franz Anton Straub, whereas the posture and composition is similar to the group of the Baptism of Christ by Philipp Jakob Straub now stored in the Universalmuseum Joanneum, Alte Galerie, Graz. The author of the repolychromy from 1903, Petar Rutar, was identified on the basis of comparison with works on altars mentioned in the parish chronicle.3 The renovation of 1903, was financed by the High Royal Land Government, Department of Religion and Education.4

Construction / Execution

The baptistery doors were fixed with shell-shaped silvered hinges.

Components

Carpentry: Author: Franz Anton Straub (Wiesensteig 1726 – Zagreb ca. 1774); Completed: 1759 – 1763; Technique(s): stone carving, wood carving; Material(s): wood
Whrought ironwork: Completed: 1759 – 1763; Technique(s): forging; Material(s): iron, silver leaf
Sculpture: Author: Franz Anton Straub (Wiesensteig 1726 – Zagreb ca. 1774); Completed: 1759 – 1763; Material(s): wood
Polychromy: Completed: 1759 – 1763; Technique(s): tempera, water gilding; Material(s): gold leaf, oil, silver leaf
Polychromy: First repolychromy; Author: Petar Rutar (Cerkno pri Idriji 1856 – Osilnica 1948); Completed: 1903; Patron(s): High Royal Land Government, Department of Religion and Education, government; Technique(s): oil gilding, stencil ornamentation, water gilding; Material(s): gold leaf

Comment

The repolychromy from 1903 by Petar Rutar no longer exist. The restored polychromy from the 18th century is visible.

Conservation-restoration

1990–1991

Strategy: removing one or several historic repolychromies, removing partial repairs, removing patina, removing varnish

Approach to the presentation of losses

Reintegration of lacunae – mimetic: total

Reconstruction of losses: total

Treatment Description

The baptistery was restored in 1990–1991, when the repolychromy by Petar Rutar from 1903 was removed. The work was carried out by the private restorer Velislav Gobeljić.

Images

The baptistery in Parish Church in Kloštar Ivanić (Croatian Conservation Institute Photo Archive, photo by Goran Tomljenović, 2018)
The sculptural group of the Baptism of Christ (Croatian Conservation Institute Photo Archive, photo by Goran Tomljenović, 2018)

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Catalogue entry prepared by Ksenija Škarić and Martina Ožanić

Recommended citation: Ksenija Škarić and Martina Ožanić, Baptistery in the Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kloštar Ivanić, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 19/10/2025) URL

Sources and Bibliography

Archive of the Archbishopric of Zagreb, Canonical visitations, Čazma Archdeaconry, protocol 108/IV, 1761
Archives of the Archdiocese of Zagreb, Canonical visitations, Čazma Archdeaconry, protocol 108/IV, 1765
Parish archive Kloštar Ivanić, Liber memorabilium Parochiae Ivaničensis
Ksenija Škarić, Ana Dumbović, Inventar župne crkve u Kloštar Ivaniću: obnove i obnovitelji, in: Portal, godišnjak Hrvatskog restauratorskog zavoda, 5, Krasanka Majer Jurišić, Ana Azinović Bebek (ed.), Zagreb, Croatian Conservation Institute, 2014, 161–178, URL

Notes

1 Canonical visitations, Čazma Archdeaconry, protocol 108/IV, 1761, 164

2 Canonical visitations, Čazma Archdeaconry, protocol 108/IV, 1765, 263–264

3 Ksenija Škarić, Ana Dumbović, 2014, 165

4 Liber memorabilium, 98–100: “Vis. kr. zemaljska vlada odio za bogoštovlje i nastavu dopisom svojim od 27. studenoga 1902 broj 2527 odlučila je za pokriće troškova popravka žrtvenika, orgulja, predikaonice itd. svotu od 2000 kruna.... Na temelju te vladine dozvole bio je ovamo pozvan Petar Rutar slikar i umjetnik iz Osilnice u Kranjskoj sa kojim se je kalnički izvjestitelj kotara Čazmanskoga Miloust Flögl i domaći župnik, pogodio za izvodenje sviuh popravaka na svotu od 2000 (dvie hiljade) kruna. Slikar i umjetnik Petar Rutar začeo je radnju 22. lipnja 1903. te je istu na 7. rujna 1903 dogotovio. Petar Rutar je u istinu umjetnik, jer je žrtvenike tako liepo obnovio, kao dasu iz kamena, slike sv. Josipa, sv. Juraja, sv. Martina, sv. Margarete, sv. Vida, sv. Barbare i 7 Žalosti Bl. Djev. Marije iznova prenapravio i to vrlo ukusno.“ (”The High Royal National Government, Department for Worship and Education by the confirmation letter No. 2527 from 27th November 1902 approved 2000 crowns for the reparation of altars, organ and pulpit... Based on the mentioned governmental permit painter and artist from Osilnica in Carniola, Petar Rutar, was invited and a sum of 2000 (two thousand) crowns was agreed upon by Kalnik reporter for the Čazma District Miloust Flögl and the local parish priest for performing all repairs. Painter and artist Petar Rutar began his work on 22ndJune 1903 and was finished by 7th September 1903. Petar Rutar is indeed and artist because he did exemplary work restoring the altars, making them look as if made from stone, paintings of St Joseph, St George, St Martin, St Margaret, St Vitus, St Barbara, and The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary were restored anew, tastefully.”)