O zabudnutej realizácii Antona Schmidta v Sebechleboch

Pages: 69 - 86

Language: slo

The paper presents the findings of research on the oeuvre of the Viennese painter Anton Schmidt, a key creator of late Baroque painting in the area of the Central Slovak (Lower Hungarian) mining towns. The research focuses on Schmidt‘s hitherto unknown realisations for the parish church of St. Michael and its chapel of St. Joseph in the village of Sebechleby (Slovakia). These realisations include three altarpieces and murals, two paintings originally intended for the side altars of St. Anne and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary have survived. The paintings from the master‘s most prolific period were created in the 1750s, shortly after he decorated the chapel of the manor house of the Kohary family in St. Anton. Then Sebechleby was a town and the seat of the Hont County, administered hereditarily by the Kohary family. It can be assumed that the Kohary family mediated this commission. Schmidt‘s realisations occurred during the tenure of parish priest Andrej Pierstl (Pirstl), a prominent figure in developing two local religious congregations: the Brotherhood of St. Joseph and the Congregation of Christian Doctrine. The surviving paintings comprise a diverse array of Schmidt‘s earlier compositions, suggesting that he also utilised these compositions for other commissions. While they may not be considered among his most significant creations, they serve as a demonstration of the efficacy of the master and his workshop in working with a repertoire of popular patterns from the period of his Viennese studies in the 1730s.

Kolbiarz Chmelinová, K. 2025. O zabudnutej realizácii Antona Schmidta v Sebechleboch. In ARS, vol. 58, no.1, pp. 69-86. 0044-9008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/ars-2025-0005

Kolbiarz Chmelinová, K. (2025). O zabudnutej realizácii Antona Schmidta v Sebechleboch. ARS, 58(1), 69-86. 0044-9008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/ars-2025-0005