Art history collection

These two statues of the Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre are examples of the highest quality sculptures of the 16th century in Slovenia. The statues, young and old warriors, were probably once part of a bigger composition of the Resurrection of Jesus.

Relief, linden wood, polychromacy destroyed, 90th of the 15th century

Jesus' conversation with his parents, unknown painter, middle of the 17th century, oil on canvas

The Last supper, unknown painter, first half of the 17th century, oil on canvas

In the 1850s, Hermann was especially interesting on Dutch and north German landscape, with old towns in different weather conditions. The painting was created in 1852, at a time when Hermann was painting in the Netherlands and was inspired by the Dutch and North-German landscapes of the 17th century.

The characteristic romantic outline depicts the provincial motif from Sela near Kamnik. At the heart of the motif is a parish church with a bell tower and two buildings (parish) from the north side.

In the picture is a full-length depicted girl. The girl is sitting on the grass, a brighter, blue sky opens above her. She is dressed in a green dress with a narrow paw and a wide skirt, underneath the white lace lower skirt, and in a white transparent blouse with short sleeves and a wide cut. She had white socks with a red tape and narrow black shoes, reaching to the ankles.

In front of a darker background, a man, depicted to the waist and slightly turned to the right, stares at us happily. The face, part of the neck with the unbuttoned shirt and the left hand resting in the foreground stand out from the darker background.

One such example is Bergant’s work Mary with a Child (c. 1760), which is kept in the Intermunicipal Museum in Kamnik. Bergant’s painting is thus characterized by a duality between elegant mastery and popular naivety, which still divides researchers today, and therefore opinions about the painter differ.

In the middle of the picture are Jesus on the cross and Mary Magdalene kneeling beside him, who hugs him and kisses his feet. Mary on the left with elegantly wavy clothes and posture pathetically expresses feelings of sadness, on the right St. John, stoically calm, wipes away the tears with a tablecloth.

The votive image was created at a time when in Komenda the worship of St. Urban already greatly expanded. In 1752, the parish priest of Komenda, deserving cultural worker and educator Peter Pavel Glavar (1721-1784) acquired in Rome the relics of St. Urban martyrs .

The painting is a popular work from around 1800. On our left we have the scene of the birth of Jesus, we see a wooden stable with Jesus, over which Mary bows, and next to her is Joseph standing and praying.