Sacral paintings of Blaz Jurjev Trogiranin (known as Blasius Pictor, ~1412 – 1448) are held not only in various churches in Croatia – in Zadar, Sibenik, Trogir, Kastel, Split, Korcula, Ston, Dubrovnik, but also abroad – in the People’s Museum in Budapest, Museo Correo in Venice, People’s Gallery in Warszaw, Luxemburg. He was fluent in the glagolitic script, which we know from his short note on the polyptych prepared for the church of St. Lovro in Trogir. Blaz was born in the Croatian region of Lika.
Professor Miklos Boscovits, art historian from the University of Florence, Italy, contributed much to our knowledge of Blasius’ works of art kept outside of Croatia.