Zprávy památkové péče 2016, 76(Příloha):61-67

Baroque liturgical silver of the former Jesuit college in Brno, preserved in the diocesan cathedral on Petrov and the Marian pilgrimage church in Brno-Turany

Anna Grossová

When conducting art historical work related to Baroque liturgical objects made of precious and nonferrous metals, we must bear in mind the assumption that many of them were made for another religious entity than the one that now owns it. A characteristic example of this is the collection of Baroque liturgical silver owned by the Brno chapter of St. Peter and Paul, exhibited in the cathedral at Petrov, which includes several articles produced on direct order of the Jesuits in Brno. This religious order is also tied to two silver items preserved in the pilgrimage church of the Annunciation in Brno-Turany, whose spiritual administration in 1666-1773 was under the jurisdiction of the Brno Jesuit college. The revealed findings also include the identification of the specific creators of the individual items, exceptionally in documented and archival sources. The preserved silver objects which this text is dedicated to, however, represent only a fraction of the original liturgical treasury of the Jesuit order in Brno.

Keywords: Liturgical containers and utensils; goldsmith and silversmith; Baroque; Moravia; Brno; Jesuits; decorative arts and crafts; 17th and 18th centuries

Published: December 1, 2016  Show citation