Ignác Raab

[3] After two years as a brother novice in Brno, he was sent to Jesuit houses in Klatovy, Uherské Hradiště, University of Olomouc, Jihlava and Kutná Hora.

He later went on to work primarily as a skilled hand painter, with various other roles including table service and elder care, in Prague, New Town and Opava.

He also completed work depicting the lives of saints in the corridors of Jesuit colleges, and to a lesser extent, painted frescos.

Associated with these are a series of ten paintings in the refectory, which represent scenes from the Old and New Testaments relating to food (four remain the property of the Vyšehrad Chapter).

[3] The quality of his work gradually declined, with the light virtuosity of the Rococo style replaced with Classical elements.

However, Raab opted to stay, and spent the rest of his life in Velehrad, earning a livelihood from his artistic work.