In 1462, Emperor Frederick III granted the patronage rights of the parish church of St Michael in Mengeš to the Cistercians in Wiener Neustadt. Just before or on this occasion, the parish church was painted by the workshop of Janez Ljubljanski (Johannes of Ljubljana). In the presbytery there are preserved the depiction of the Last Judgement and a group of paintings on the tabernacle wall, St Michael, Mary with Child and the Eucharistic Christ. The Last Judgement is one of the first in wider area to bring a vertical representation of this motif to from Italy via Carinthia. This type of depiction persisted in Carniola into the early 16th century (Godešič, Krtina by Domžale). A fragment found in the sacristy of the Mengeš church depicts a scene of the Combined Intercession, the third known example of this motif from monumental material in Slovenia. The Christ of the Imago pietatis type and God the Father on the throne are recognisable, Mary and the angel beside them can be assumed. A stylistic analysis shows that this is the work of the same workshop, as the frescoes in the chancel. The borders on the Mengeš frescoes reveal a link between the workshop of Janez Ljubljanski and the workshop of the Mojster Srednje vasi pri Šenčurju (Master from Srednja vas by Šenčur).
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