Bélai Iván [et al.]: Köztéri alkotások
VI. Utószó
Sándor Rudnay, between 1828-1833. ' n the tympanum we can see Sándor Rudnay's coat-of-arms as a relief, with some leafy ornaments. On the two sides of the entrance stairs we find two angel statues of human size. Both hold a cross in their hands. They both works of György Herczog, a worker from István Ferenczi's workshop, from the second half on the 19th century. 15. The Frontage-Statues of the Cloister Church, in 18, Pázmány Street. It was made of limestone. There are two classicist-style statues in two niches: in the right one there are guardian angels, in the left we find the statue of Saint Elizabeth of the Arpád-House (Hungary's first royal family, the one of Saint Stephen's. Árpád was a Hungarian prince and he was the one who led the Hungarian tribes into this country at the time of the migration of the nations). The statues must have been made in the 1850s, when archbishop Scitovszky returned the formerly secularised Franciscan church. The author must have worked for the workshop of Johann Meixner. They were working on several tasks in the Bazilika at that rime. 16. The Statue of Saint Jerome on the Frontage of the Bibliotheca. Saint Jerome is patron saint of sciences, especially the biblical sciences. Archbishop Scitovszky had the Bibliotheca built. He must have ordered the statue as well, which is a sitting figure of Saint Jerome. It is most probable that the statue was made of sandstone by Andreas Schrott. It is of life-size. There is also an inscription under it saying: BIBLIOTHECA ECCLASIAE MATROPOLITANAE. MDCCCLIII. Primatial Library. 1853. 17. The frontage-statues of the ancient seminary of Esztergom. The frontage of the Esztergom Seminary (it was designed by Pál Kühnel, but the final constructions were carried out according to József Hild's instructions) was ornamented with three sandstone statues: At the top of the entrance there was the coat-of -arms of the seminary with an inscription. On the right and left of the gate in two niches stood the statues of the two founder primates. These statues were made in che 50's and 6o's of the 18th century. It is probable that the statues were made by the workshop of Johann Meixner. He and his people were working on the constructions of che Basilica at that time. At the top of the frontage, in the middle: in a carved coat-of-arms we can see a scene which was also present in the seal of the seminary: King Saint Stephen offers his crown to Holy Mary. The whole scene is presented on a stone relief. Under the releief in a framed tield we can read the inscription:
