Collection of Roman Catholic Church Art

Sopron, Orsolya tér 2.

The collection is owned and run by the Catholic Convent. Its founders collected, and thereby saved damaged objects of church art, renewed them, and made them available for art historians, researchers and the public. The rich collection can be seen in the oratory of the former Ursuline monastery. The material helps us to create a more accurate picture of Sopron's Baroque art. The sacral objects, mainly fashioned in a Baroque style, are ordered into thematic groups, and complemented by earlier and 19th century relics. The backbone of the exhibition is the great variety of authentic liturgical objects. Many of the goblets, reliquaries, crucifixes, ceremonial and baptizing pitchers and crosiers are real masterpieces of goldsmithing.

 

The sculptures and the intact parts of the altars are evidences of the former masters' high skills. One of the most valuable paintings is a picture by Martin Altamonte, which shows St. Dominic taking over a string of beads. The Baroque vestments and robes bear evidence of the richness of previous centuries.