The sculpture of St John the Baptist in Regional Museum Maribor
Type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Height: 149 cm, width: 78 cm, depth: 45 cm
Critical History
The sculpture of St John the Baptist in Regional Museum Maribor was attributed to Joseph Straub by Sergej Vrišer.1 It is said that the sculpture originated from the Carthusian monastery in Žiče. Vrišer highlighted that the sculpture is one of the sculptor’s best works.2
Construction / Execution
Sculpture is made of wood. It has naturalistic painting with gilded drapery and a silver cross. The lamb is silvered.
Components
Sculpture
Sculpture
Author: Joseph Straub (Wiesensteig 1712 – Maribor 1756)
Technique(s): wood carving
Material(s): limewood
Polychromy
Polychromy
Technique(s): oil, water gilding
Material(s): gold leaf, red bole, silver leaf, size
Comment
Gilded camel-skin robe is abraded on several locations and the red bole is seen. There is a visible crack on the sealed part of the left hand.
Images
The sculpture of St John the Baptist in Regional Museum Maribor (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)
The sculpture of St John the Baptist in Regional Museum Maribor, detail (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)
Catalogue entry prepared by Valentina Pavlič and Saša Dolinšek
Recommended citation: Valentina Pavlič and Saša Dolinšek, The sculpture of St John the Baptist in Regional Museum Maribor, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 03/02/2026) URL
Sources and Bibliography
Sergej Vrišer, Mariborski baročni kiparji, in: Zbornik za umetnostno zgodovino, n. v. IV, 1957, 71–127
Sergej Vrišer, Baročno kiparstvo na slovenskem Štajerskem, Maribor, Obzorja, 1963
Sergej Vrišer, Mariborski muzej II: umetnostna zbirka, Maribor, Obzorja, 1979
Sergej Vrišer, Baročno kiparstvo na slovenskem Štajerskem, Ljubljana, Slovenska matica, 1992
