František Rint (26 January 1835 - ?) was a 19th-century

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and

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. He was employed by the

House of Schwarzenberg The House of Schwarzenberg () is a German (Franconian Circle, Franconian) and Czech (Kingdom of Bohemia, Bohemian) aristocratic family, formerly one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the German nobili ...

to organize the human bones interred at the

Sedlec Ossuary The Sedlec Ossuary (; ) is a Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints (Czech: ), part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the s ...

, a small

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chapel in Sedlec, in 1870. He used the bones at Sedlec Ossuary to create elaborate, macabre sculptures, including four

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s and a copy of the coat of arms of the House of Schwarzenberg. According to the signature he left at the Ossuary, Rint was from

Česká Skalice Česká Skalice (; ) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,000 inhabitants. It lies on the shore of Rozkoš Reservoir. The town is known for the Ratibořice Castle and Grandmother's Vall ...

, a small town in northern Bohemia.

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1835 births Sculptors from Austria-Hungary Year of death missing 19th-century Czech sculptors 19th-century Czech engravers 19th-century Czech male artists Czech wood engravers Czech male sculptors People from Česká Skalice {{CzechRepublic-sculptor-stub