Zbornik Lovranšćine, Vol. 2 No. 1, 2012.
Preliminary communication
On Wooden and Marble Furnishings of the Parish Church of St George in Lovran
Mateja Jerman
Abstract
In the first part of the paper an overview of the construction of the parish church of St George in Lovran is presented. The oldest document connected to the altars is the testament of the Lovran parson Raden dating in 1410. More substantial is the Quaderna capituli Lovranensis. The most valuable data can be found in the manuscript of Francesco Bartiroma’s pastoral visit. He was the general vicar and of the bishop of Pula, Alvise Marcello (1653- 1661). Several decades later, the parish church was visited by Johann Weichard Valvasor.
In the second part of the manuscript, the wooden and marble altars from the church are presented. An unattributed altarpiece depicting St. Anthony of Padua is being added to the artistic oeuvre of Francesco Potenza, a Venetian painter. The carved wooden font cover is being connected to the workshop of Mihovil Zierer.
According to the newly discovered data, all the preserved altars in the parish church of St. George in Lovran were being repeatedly altered during the past.
Keywords
Lovran; St. George; altar studies; Francesco Potenza; Mihovil Zierer; Veli Lošinj; Boka Kotorska
Hrčak ID:
148496
URI
Publication date:
21.3.2012.
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