In the presentation held at the project workshop, the author focused on the art commissions of the Counts of Leslie in the pilgrimage church Klein-Mariazell. The church is of great importance for studying art commissions of the nobility in sacral spaces, since almost entire preserved furnishings was made under Leslie's patronage, which was overlooked. The role of Counts of Leslie was presented in geographical context, since the church was built in the close vinicity of Pernegg castle and already previous owners of the dominion chose it for their familiy vault and consequently furnished it with important artworks. After purchasing the dominion in 1688, the Counts of Leslie furnished the church with new great altar, six side altars and a pulpit; they rebuilt the gothic church in late-baroque style and commissioned ceiling paintings. Visual representation is expressed by numerous coat-of-arms and epitaphs as well as in the iconography of altar paintings and sculptures of the saints, who were saintly patrons of family members (St. Charles, St. Cajetan, St. Theresa) or were specially worshiped by them (St. John Nepomuk, St. Walpurgis). The workshop was organized within the framework of the project. Beside project members some austrian researchers dealing with the art in Styria were invited. The papers stimulated lively discussions giving evidence of the actuality and significance of the project topic.
F.18 Transfer of new know-how to direct users (seminars, fora, conferences)
COBISS.SI-ID: 22420488In the paper, presented at the international conference organised by the Collecting and Display Seminar Group London and the Centre André Chastel, INHA, Paris, the author discussed international art dealers, their role in the emerging art market in Inner Austria (especially its Styrian capital Graz) in the second half of the 17th century and ther influence on the demand of Inner Austrian collectors. The presentation focused mostly on the role of Vienna-based Flemish art dealers Forchondt and their contacts with their Styrian clientele, who were mostly members of higher Styrian aristocracy. The first findings were presented based on the study of archival fonds in Antwerp (Felixarchief) and Graz (Steiermarkisches Landesarchiv), which testify that the Styrian clientele was relatively inexperienced with but willing to commission artworks and precious items. Due to relatively high demand, Forchondts started to deliever the parcels directly to Graz. Several items purchased from them can be identified in the archival records in addition to some surviving artworks.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 40528685The monograph by three authors was published within the framework of the well received exhibition with the same title in Brežice Castle. It is dedicated to Ignaz Maria I. Count of Attems, one of the most important art commissioners, builders and patrons of the arts in modern age Styria. In the publication and at the exhibition, B. Murovec presented ceiling paintings in Attems' town and country residences and put them in context of crucial contemporary artworks in Rome and Paris as well as in the context of their commissioners. In the great hall of Brežice castle the commissioner presented himself to his guests with generosity; the personifications were partly painted after graphic series Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts by Charles Perrault (Paris, 1690). The paintings of Brežice great hall were also put in context of Attems' construction of family iconography. After he presented himself as great patron of the arts in Štatenberk, Brežice and partly in the Graz town palace, in the second phase he emphasized Hercules' and his own journey to Olympus in his town palace in Graz, Slovenska Bistrica and Gösting.
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