St Mark's Church Croatia, miniature painting Translation help

Discussion in 'Art' started by 916Bulldogs123, Apr 26, 2021.

  1. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    I don't remember if i had posted this on here before. I have had it for a while and never found the artist.
    the outside measurements are 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" x 1/4" thick. the material is porcelain or similar. feels and sounds hollow.
    I think the name is Sipos??
    Mikey
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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I think the writing of the name is longer than the 5 letters of Sipos.
     
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  3. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Yes I had the two ?? After. Lol
     
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  4. Branka

    Branka Well-Known Member

    Croatian spelling of the name is
    Šipoš, I think that’s what’s on the painting. Writing on back seems to be in Spanish. Sorry I can’t help more.
     
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  5. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

  6. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    That's interesting the tag is in Spanish.
    Mikey
     
  7. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

  8. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Can't read what's on the back. Do know it's not written in Spanish. Appears to be a shop name, the name of the artist and an address.

    Debora
     
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  9. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Thanks Debora. It didn't look Spanish to me.
    Mikey
     
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  10. Branka

    Branka Well-Known Member

    Writing at back is not Croatian. Mansarda should be Spanish, And it means roof. Am I wrong?
     
  11. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Techo is roof in Spanish. The word "mansarda" is used though and associated with a mansard roof. According to the internet, "mansarda" in Croatian means attic. Dunno if that's true.

    Debora
     
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  12. Branka

    Branka Well-Known Member

    I thought I speak Serbian Croatian as my native language..I guess not. We do have a lot of synonyms but never heard this one before. I’ll leave it up to experts.
     
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  13. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    I just thought if the Painting is of A Croatian Church why wouldn't the tag be in Croatian?
     
  14. Branka

    Branka Well-Known Member

    No idea, but I’m telling you that is not Croatian that I know. Maybe because the black tag was added/glued later.
     
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  15. Branka

    Branka Well-Known Member

    I pinged my family in Zagreb, she could not read all lines but here this is what she was able to read:”tehnika gips vodena boja, unikat”. This translates to “technique -gypsum, water color, unique.” :oops: My Croatian is not that good :mad:
     
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  16. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    How helpful you are. Thank you, Branka.

    Debora
     
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  17. Branka

    Branka Well-Known Member

    My pleasure. I was intrigued by it. Handwriting is difficult to read and living in States 25 yrs away from that language is adding up :shifty:
     
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  18. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Thank you for asking your family. I didn't reply to this question earlier, as it was hard to read the handwriting. I was trying to figure out what language it was, at least.
     
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  19. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Thanks a Bunch Branka. That was very nice of you to ask your family. Looks like they translated everything but the artist name on the tag.
    Mikey
     
  20. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Unique is right. I couldn't find anything comparable to this gypsum plaque.
    Mikey
     
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