Parish Church of St Philip and St James (Župnijska cerkev sv. Filipa in Jakoba)
Artwork
The Sculpture of St Florian on the Side Altar in the Parish Church of St Philip and St James in Laporje
Type
Sculpture
Critical History
Sergej Vrišer attributed one sculpture on the side altar in the Parish Church of St Philip and St James in Laporje to Joseph Straub.1 It is a sculpture of St Florian on the right side of the altar, which shows characteristics of Joseph Straub`s personal style: the posture, curly hair and beard, open mouths and big open eyes.
Components
Sculpture
Sculpture
Author: Joseph Straub (Wiesensteig 1712 – Maribor 1756)
Technique(s): wood carving
Material(s): limewood
Polychromy
Polychromy
Polychromy
First repolychromy
Images
The sculpture of St Florian on the side altar in the Parish Church of St Philip and St James in Laporje (photo by Valentina Pavlič, 2018)
Catalogue entry prepared by Valentina Pavlič and Saša Dolinšek
Recommended citation: Valentina Pavlič and Saša Dolinšek, The Sculpture of St Florian on the Side Altar in the Parish Church of St Philip and St James in Laporje, in: TrArS – Tracing the Art of the Straub Family, 2018, (accessed 19/11/2025) URL
Sources and Bibliography
Sergej Vrišer, Baročno kiparstvo na slovenskem Štajerskem, Maribor, Obzorja, 1963
Sergej Vrišer, Baročno kiparstvo na slovenskem Štajerskem, Ljubljana, Slovenska matica, 1992
