František Rint was a 19th century Czech

Czech people

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 woodcarver and carpenter

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. He was employed by the House of Schwarzenberg

House of Schwarzenberg

-History:The family was first mentioned in 1172. A branch of the Seinsheim family was created when Erkinger I of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian barony of Schwarzenberg, the castle Schwarzenberg and the title Baron of Schwarzenberg, in 1405–21. At this time, they also possessed some fiefdoms in...

 to organize the human bones interred at the Sedlec Ossuary

Sedlec Ossuary

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, a small Christian

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 chapel in Sedlec

Sedlec

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

Chandelier

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s and a copy of the Schwarzenberg coat of arms

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. According to the signature he left at the Ossuary, Rint was from Ceska Skalice

Ceská Skalice

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, a small city on the Czech-Polish border.