Sv. Papa

Both of the sculptures from the parish church in Pešćenica, in Turopolje, belong to the oeuvre of the Zagreb sculptor Josip Stallmayer who lived and worked in Gradec in the mid-1750s. His statues and altars furnished a number of churches in Zagreb, the wider surrounds and Hrvatsko Zagorje as well. In the formal elaboration of figures of saints Stallmayer was a master of craft skills and showed a f…