John of Kastav explained

John of Kastav (la|Johannes de Castua; hr|Ivan iz Kastva; sl|Janez iz Kastva) was a 15th-century Istrian artist, a native of Kastav (Croatia).

He painted the frescoes in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hrastovlje, which included a famous Danse Macabre.^{[1] [2]} According to the inscription, which identifies the artist as magister Johannes de Castua, the frescoes were commissioned by Tomić Vrhović, the parish priest of Kubed, and completed in 1490.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Norm Longley, The Rough Guide to Slovenia (2004), p. 189.
2. Tomislav Vignjević, Ples smrti: prispevki k ikonografiji mrtvaškega plesa v Bermu in v Hrastovljah. Koper: Založba Annales, 2007. With summaries in Italian and English: "La danza della morte: contributi all'iconografia della danza della morte di Vermo e Cristoglie"; "The Dance of Death: contributions to the iconography of the dance of death in Beram and Hrastovlje". . Reviewed by Barbara Španjol-Pandelo in Ikon, 1 (2008), pp. 295-298.
3. Book: Fučić, Branko . Branko Fučić

   . Iz istarske spomeničke baštine . From the Istrian Monumental Heritage . 1 . Branko Fučić . 2006 . Matica hrvatska . Croatian . 9789531507790 . 318.