Artworks Catalogue

The high altar in the Parish Church of St Anthony the Great in Stoperce (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)
The sculpture on the high altar in Stoperce (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)
The sculpture on the high altar in Stoperce (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)
Back side of the sculpture on the high altar in Stoperce (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)

Location

Slovenia, Stoperce

Parish Church of St Anthony the Great

Artwork

Two Sculptures on the High Altar in Stoperce

Type

Sculpture

Critical History

Sergej Vrišer attributed two sculptures on the high altar to Joseph Straub.1 The attributes of the sculptures are lost, therefore their iconography is not clear.

Construction / Execution

The two sculptures are made of wood. They are set on the sides of the high altar.

Images

  1. The high altar in the Parish Church of St Anthony the Great in Stoperce (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)
  2. The sculpture on the high altar in Stoperce (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)
  3. The sculpture on the high altar in Stoperce (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)
  4. Back side of the sculpture on the high altar in Stoperce (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, photo by Valentin Benedik, 2018)

Catalogue entry prepared by Valentina Pavlič

Recommended citation: Valentina Pavlič, Two Sculptures on the High Altar in Stoperce, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 22/10/2025) URL

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Sergej Vrišer, Baročno kiparstvo na slovenskem Štajerskem, Maribor, Obzorja, 1963
  2. Sergej Vrišer, Baročno kiparstvo na slovenskem Štajerskem, Ljubljana, Slovenska matica, 1992

Notes

1 Sergej Vrišer 1963, 169; Sergej Vrišer 1992, 236.

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