99 The Church of Our Lady od Špilice – St Mary retable / St Joseph retable which is believed to bring them salvation. This painting, along with the retable, was treated as part of the ICWL project, whereas the painting Our Lady of Carmel was treated at the Croatian Conservation Institute. On the left, the retable of St Joseph houses a painting on canvas depicting the death of Joseph, which can be dated in the 18th-century (Fig. 154). Below it are two 16th-century panel paintings, arranged next to each other but separated by a small board. The left painting shows the archangel Gabriel, the panel on the right is depicting St Clara (Fig. 155, 156). Stylistic comparison clearly indicates that these panels belong to an abandoned polyptych of Girolamo di Santa Croce.71 One central panel of that former polyptych with the depiction of St Roch (Sv. Roko). is still preserved in the church, hanging on the left wall of the nave (Fig. 157). The conversion of the retables This unusual compilation of paintings of different origins and several other observations indicates major changes in the retables. Both retables have been reduced in size to fit their current position. Both retables are lacking a predella which was probably part of the Fig. 157: St Roch (by Girolamo di Santa Croce), (not treated within the ICWL)
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