John of Kastav
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John of Kastav was a 15th-century Istria
n artist, a native of Kastav
(Croatia
).
He painted the frescoes in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hrastovlje, which included a famous Danse Macabre
. According to the inscription, which identifies the artist as magister Johannes de Castua, the frescoes were commissioned in 1482, and completed in 1490.
Istria
Istria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...
n artist, a native of Kastav
Kastav
Kastav is a historical town located about 10 km northwest of Rijeka and about 5 km northeast of Opatija in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in Croatia.-Demographics:The total population of Kastav is 10,472 ....
(Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
).
He painted the frescoes in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hrastovlje, which included a famous Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre
Dance of Death, also variously called Danse Macabre , Danza de la Muerte , Dansa de la Mort , Danza Macabra , Dança da Morte , Totentanz , Dodendans , is an artistic genre of late-medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's...
. According to the inscription, which identifies the artist as magister Johannes de Castua, the frescoes were commissioned in 1482, and completed in 1490.