Luka Mislej

Luka Mislej was a Carniolan stonemason and altar-maker.

Life

Mislej, who was probably born in Vipava, lived in Ljubljana. In 1722 the Italian sculptor Francesco Robba, who took over his atelier after his death, married his daughter Theresa. Mislej died in Škofja Loka.

Since Mislej was the owner of a large laboratory that had numerous orders for the construction and equipping of many churches. He collaborated with several sculptors, mostly Venetian, including Angelo Di Putti, Giacomo Contieri and the already mentioned Francesco Robba.
Some of his more known works there are the monumental portal of Ljubljana Seminary, the entrance portal and some of the side altars of St. James's Church in Ljubljana, the staircase and other parts of the interior of Ljubljana Town Hall, the Holy Trinity Column in front of the Ursuline Church of the [Holy Trinity] in Ljubljana, the altar of Brežice Castle's chapel and the main altar of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Rijeka.