Luka Mislej (16 October 1670 – 5 October 1727) was a

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n stonemason and altar-maker.

Life

Mislej, who was probably born in

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, lived in

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. In 1722 the Italian sculptor

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, who took over his atelier after his death, married his daughter Theresa. Mislej died in

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Work

Since Mislej was the owner of a large laboratory that had numerous orders for the construction and equipping of many churches. He collaborated with several sculptors, mostly Venetian, including Angelo Di Putti, Giacomo Contieri and the already mentioned Francesco Robba. Some of his more known works there are the monumental portal of Ljubljana Seminary (in collaboration with the sculptor Angelo Di Putti, who created the atlantes), the entrance portal and some of the side altars of St. James's Church in Ljubljana, the staircase and other parts of the interior of

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, the Holy Trinity Column in front of the

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in Ljubljana (the statues were created by Robba), the altar of

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's chapel and the main altar of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mislej, Luka 1658 births 1727 deaths Carniolan sculptors Stonemasons Baroque sculptors Artists from Ljubljana Slovenian sculptors