Location
Hungary, Budapest
Old Hungarian Collection, Museum of Fine Arts (Szépművészeti Múzeum)
Original location:
Hungary, Zala, Egervár
Parish church of St Catherine
Artwork
Sculptures of St Sebastian and St Roch in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
Type
Sculpture
Critical History
Two sculptures, St Sebastian (Inv.No. 4963, height 119 cm) and St Roch (Inv.No. 4964, height 121 cm), were brought to the Museum of Fine Arts (Szépművészeti Múzeum) in 1916 from the Parish Church of St Catherine in Egervár. The parish church was reconstructed between 1749 and 1757 thanks to the local landowner Ignác Széchenyi. It was presumed that the sculptures originated from the tabernacle of the high altar, where their copies were put instead in 1922.1 However, their dimensions, iconographic programme and the overall quality seem out-of-place with the rest of the tabernacle, so it is possible that their original location was different (maybe in the nearby castle, owned by the Széchenyi family?).
In 1959, Maria Aggházy attributed the sculptures of St Sebastian and St Roch to Philipp Jakob Straub based on stylistic similarities with his other works. 2
Components
- Sculpture
- Sculptures of St Sebastian and St Roch
- Author: Philipp Jakob Straub (Wiesensteig 1706 – Graz 1774)
- Completed: ca. 1749 – ca. 1757
- Patron(s): Ignác Széchenyi, noble
- Technique(s): wood carving
Comment
In 1989–1990 the sculpture of St Roch was restored by Zoltán Marjai, and the sculpture of St Sebastian by Béla Dabrónaki. 3
Images
- Sculpture of St Sebastian (Hungarian National Gallery, photo by Zoltán Hasznos, 1992)
- Sculpture of St Roch (Hungarian National Gallery, photo by Zoltán Hasznos, 1992)
- Egervár, Parish Church of St Catherine, high altar, detail (photo by M. Ožanić, 2018)
Catalogue entry prepared by Martina Ožanić, Julia Strobl, Valentina Pavlič and Zsuzsanna Boda
Recommended citation: Martina Ožanić, Julia Strobl, Valentina Pavlič and Zsuzsanna Boda, Sculptures of St Sebastian and St Roch in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 19/10/2025) URL
