Anton Čebej

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St. Leopold oil on canvas, 109 x 77 cm c.1760-1765
St. Leopold oil on canvas, 109 x 77 cm c.1760-1765

Anton Čebej (1722 - c. 1774) was a Slovenian baroque painter.

He was born in Sturje in modern day Ajdovščina.

Death of St. Josephus oil on canvas, 198 x111 cm, painted 1774
Death of St. Josephus oil on canvas, 198 x111 cm, painted 1774

Notable works include Exaltation of the Cross from Vinica, painted in 1750 and Death of St Josephus painted in 1774 shortly before his death [1].

Three of his paintings are in the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana.

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