Location
Croatia, Sisak-Moslavina County, Hrvatska Kostajnica – destroyed
Original location:
Croatia, Sisak-Moslavina County, Hrvatska Kostajnica
Franciscan church of St Anton of Padua (Franjevačka crkva sv. Antuna Padovanskog)
Artwork
The high altar in the Franciscan Church in Hrvatska Kostajnica
Type
High altar
Dimensions
Height: 1000 cm, width: 1000 cm
Inscriptions
- Ad majorem Dei Gloriam Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Antonii Paduan honorem hanc Iconem fieri curavit Andreas Andrievich prior Lievitenant legionis peditu Nadasdi Banali die 26 Novembris Anno MDCCLIX. (on the backside of the painting)
Critical History
The high altar in the Franciscan church in Hrvatska Kostajnica was erected between 1760 and 1764, probably as a donation of a member of the count family Voikffy, whose coat of arms was above the altar painting. According to the inscription on the backside, the altar painting was ordered by lieutenant Andrija Andrijević in 1759 (Ins. 1).1 Doris Baričević attributed the high altar and the tabernacle to Franz Anton Straub. Evenmore, she considered the tabernacle and its adorning angels to be one of his masterpieces.2 In 1764 the altar was polychromed by Franciscan brothers Lazar Zweck and Luka Auleidner.3 According to Paškal Cvekan, the altar was repainted in 1836 by Josip Jakober who received 256 florins for his work. Altar was renovated once more in 1912 by Antun Richard from Koprivnica, with the help of the gilder Josip Kraljić and Andrija Sabo from Slovenia.4
The high altar was completely destroyed in the Homeland War in 1991.
Components
- Carpentry
- Completed: 1759 – 1764
- Patron(s): Voikffy, noble
- Material(s): wood
- Sculpture
- Author: Franz Anton Straub (Wiesensteig 1726 – Zagreb ca. 1774)
- Completed: 1760 – 1764
- Patron(s): Voikffy, noble
- Material(s): wood
- Painting
- Virgin Mary with St Anton of Padua
- Completed: 1759 –
- Patron(s): Andrija Andrijević, individual devotion
- Technique(s): oil on canvas
- Painting
- St Antony the Abbot
- Completed: 1759 –
- Technique(s): oil on canvas
- Polychromy
- Author: Lazar Zweck (Tyrol 1738 – Pecs 1766)
- Completed: 1764
- Patron(s): Voikffy, noble
- Polychromy
- Author: Luka Auleidner (Ried 1740 – Szeged 1791)
- Completed: 1764
- Patron(s): Voikffy, noble
- Polychromy
- First repolychromy
- Author: Josip Jakober
- Completed: 1836
- Technique(s): stencil ornamentation
- Polychromy
- Second repolychromy
- Author: Antun Richard
- Completed: 1912 – 1912
- Polychromy
- Second repolychromy
- Author: Josip Kraljić
- Completed: 1912 – 1912
- Polychromy
- Second repolychromy
- Author: Andrija Sabo
- Completed: 1912 – 1912
Images
- The high altar in Kostajnica (Conservation Department in Zagreb, photo by Igor Nikolić, 1977)
Catalogue entry prepared by Ksenija Škarić and Martina Ožanić
Recommended citation: Ksenija Škarić and Martina Ožanić, The high altar in the Franciscan Church in Hrvatska Kostajnica, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 19/11/2025) URL
