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Oltar sv. Jurja Antonija Michelazzija iz stare Zagrebačke katedrale - kontekst narudžbe

Godine 1741. riječki kipar Antonio Michelazzi sklopio je sa zagrebačkim kanonicima Jurjem Rešom (Georgius Reess/Rees) i Jurjem Dumbovićem (Georgius Dumbovich) ugovor o izradi Oltara sv. Jurja za Zagrebačku katedralu, obvezavši se da će posao dovršiti do 1743. godine. Izvršenje narudžbe produljilo se, međutim, sve do 1746. godine. Budući da su oba prvotna naručitelja oltara umrla ne dočekavši njegovo postavljenje, brigu oko dovršetka naručenoga djela preuzimaju dvojica novih naručitelja – kanonici Juraj Reš mlađi (Georgius Reess/Rees) i Stjepan Puc (Stephanus Pucz/Putz). Iako nastavljaju suradnju s istim kiparom, dolazi do određenih promjena, prvenstveno u ikonografskom programu djela, očitovanih redefiniranjem atičke zone i postavljanjem statue bl. Augustina Kažotiča (1749.). U naručiteljskom je smislu kao nositelja tih promjena moguće izdvojiti zagrebačkoga kanonika i kasnijega velikoga prepozita Stjepana Puca kao naručitelja izgrađena umjetničkoga ukusa, ali i osobu aktivno uključenu u promicanje kulta bl. Augustina Kažotića, koji sredinom 18. stoljeća doživljava svojevrstan procvat u okviru Zagrebačke biskupije.

Antonio Michelazzi ; bl. Augustin Kažotić ; Oltar sv. Jurja ; skulptura ; Zagrebačka katedrala

On 14. October 1741, Zagreb canons Juraj Reš (Georgius Reess/Rees) and Juraj Dumbović (Georgius Dumbovich) signed a contract with Antonio Michelazzi, a sculptor from Rijeka, in wich they commissioned him to design the altar of St George. Michelazzi guaranteed that he would produce the altar by April 1743 at the latest and place it in the chapel of the same name, which the afore-mentioned canons inteneded to build along the northern wall of Zagreb cathedral. However, an annex to the contract from 16 August 1746 shows that the altar was transported to Zagreb and placed into the cathedral only that year. Since the chapel had never been built, the altar was placed into the northern nave of the cathedral. In the meantime, the canons died (Dumbović in 1743 and Reš in 1745) and the supervision of the commission was taken over by canons Stjepan Puc (Stephanus Pucz/Putz) and Juraj Reš the Younger (Georgius Reess/Rees) – nephew of the late canon Juraj Reš the Elder. As soon as the altar was placed into the cathedral (1746), the new commissioners signed a deal with Michelazzi, ordering a statue of Bl. Augustin Kažotić ant two putti, which were placed onto the attic ending of St Geor