Jernej of Loka

Who is Jernej of Loka?

Jernej of Loka was a 16th-century painter active in the Škofja Loka area, from which his epithet is also derived. He is known to have painted the frescoes in a number of other churches throughout the Upper Carniola region and some in the area of Tolmin and in the Natisone Valley.

Churches where frescoes believed to have been painted by Jernej of Loka are preserved include:

St. Mark's Church, Vrba, between 1525 and 1530

St. John's Church, Suha

St. Peter's Church, above Begunje, between 1530 and 1540

St. John the Baptist Church, Lake Bohinj

St. Peter's Church, Bodovlje, between 1525 and 1540

St. Thomas' Church, Brode near Škofja Loka between 1530 and 1540

St. Nicholas' Church, on Godešič, around 1530

St. Lawrence's Church, on Lovrenška gora

St. Andrew's Church, at Sveti Andrej above Zminc, between 1520 and 1530

St. Oswald's Church, above Sveti Ožbolt, 1534

Sts. Phillip and James Church, on Valterski Vrh, soon after 1534

Holy Cross Church on Križna gora

St. Bricius' Church in Četena Ravan

St. Jodocus' Church above Kranj, around 1530

St. Clement's Church, in Bukovščica

Birth of the Virgin Church in Police near Cerkno, 1536

Virgin Mary Church in Polje near Bovec, 1520-1540