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BISHOP JURAJ BRANJUG'S WOOD-CARVING WORKSHOP: "St. LADISLAS"
- gilt, polychrome wood
- Zagreb, 1747
- from St. Ladislas' altar in Ladislavo, Podgorje Bistricko
- height: 103 cm
- Towards the middle of the 18th c., the Bishop of Zagreb Juraj Branjug was keeping a wood-carving workshop on Kaptol, where a number of sculptors, wood-carvers, and cabinet-makers were producing church equipment for a wider Zagreb area. St. Ladislas' statue pertains to the group of statues from the torn altars in Marija Bistrica, today kept at the Museum.
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