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Kairos collection
In a small but exceptionally valuable collection of the Benedictine nuns, in the St. Nicholas Convent (1 lth century), the most prominent place is held by the marble relief of Kairos, the God of Luck, symbol of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece. It was discovered in 1928, and caused a sensation among scholars. An unknown artist made it after the manner of Lysippus in the 4th-3rd century BC.
The collection also holds the stone relief of the Greek hero Achilles found during the excavations within the convent. One of the showpieces is a very valuable wooden polychrome polyptych in relief dating from the first half of the 15th century from the local school of Blaž Jurjev, the Gothic sculpture of "Madonna with Child" dating back to the early 15th century, a painted crucifix from the 14th century by the Paolo Veneziano school. The collection also includes the oldest painting in Trogir, the "Madonna with Child" from the late 13th century. The canvases by Nikola Grassi from 17th century are in gilt oval frames. The exhibited pieces of the convent objects include different carved boxes for valuables of Gothic style, and a painted wooden chest in which the richly ornamented church robe is displayed.
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