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Valentin Metzinger

St. Avold 1699 - Ljubljana 1759
French Baroque painter who lived and worked in Carniola
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
2009?

Description

Commemorative plaque in two pieces, one with an ornament and a rooster, signed Imago facta Labaci (painting made in Ljubljana), the other with text.
The keystone of the arch shows the date 1655 and the initials V.M. (Metzinger's intitials?).

Inscription(s)

V tej hiši je med
letoma 1740 in 1756
ſivel in delal
slikar
VALENTIN
METZINGER
St. Avold 1699 - Ljubljana 1759

In this house
from 1740 to 1756
lived and worked
the painter
VALENTIN
METZINGER
St. Avold 1699 - Ljubljana 1759

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Digitalne vsebine kulturne dediščine Slovenije, entry 18964.

Locatie (N 46°2'46" - E 14°30'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: si125; Photograph: 10 September 2016
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