Przejdź do treści

The Baptism of Christ. Epitaph of Hans Staros

author: unknown

date: 1563

place of creation: Legnica (Legnica County; Lower Silesian Voivodeship), Lower Silesia

object type: picture / painting

material: poplar panel

technique: oil

dimensions: H 136 x W 111 cm; (originally H 174 x W 111)

founder: Staros, Hans (? -1561)

inscription:
Originally on the epitaph were the inscriptions (after Machner, Warendorff (1724), Mertin (1942)): Consul Johannes Staros, dum Vita manebat, / Vir Pietatis amans, Justitiaque fuit. / Et nunc curarum, quod saepe optaverat, expers / Corpus humo tegitur, sidera mensque colit
bottom (?):
Im Jore 1561. den 7. Martii ist in Gott entschlaffen, der erbare Hanss Staros / die Zeit Bürger-Meister allhier zu Liegnitz
  • Mertin, P., Liegnitzer Kunstdenkmäler der Renaissance, [w:] Liegnitz - 700 Jahre einer Stadt deutschen rechts, Breslau 1942
  • Malarstwo śląskie 1520-1800, red. Pierzchała, Marek, Wrocław 2009, seria Katalogi Zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu, s. 100 - 101, kat. 21
  • Steinborn, Bożena, Malowane epitafia mieszczanskie na Śląsku w latach 1520-1620., "Roczniki Sztuki Śląskiej", z. IV, r. 1967, Wrocław 1967

provenance: 1980, purchase

not on display

National Museum in Wrocław Department of Painting 16th–19th c.

inventory number: MNWr VIII-2570

copyrights to object: PUBLIC DOMAIN
Download

keywords: God the Father (Christian religion)  |  mayor  |  Baptism of Christ in the river Jordan  |  tree  |  Holy Spirit  |  child  |  Elsner, Hedwig, nee Staros – wife of Christoph Elsner  |  Fierling, Anna, nee Staros – wife of Hieronymus Fierling  |  Girdan, Margaretha, nee Staros (? – przed 1570) – wife of Melchior Girdan  |  house mark  |  heraldry  |  Jesus Christ  |  Jordan (river)  |  woman  |  Church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul in Legnica (former location)  |  painting (fine arts)  |  religious painting  |  New Testament (Bible)  |  epitaph painting  |  Odewald, Dorothea, nee Staros – wife of Hieronymus Odewald  |  landscape  |  mountain landscape  |  Pfitzner, Ursula, nee Staros (1546- ?) – wife of Johann Pfitzner  |  Staros, Anna (? - 1577) – wife of Hans Staros  |  Staros, Hans the Younger (? -1573) – administrator of St Peter and St Paul's Church in Legnica  |  Staros, Matthaeus – mayor of Legnica  |  Silesian art  |  Saint John the Baptist  |  biblical themes  |  The Holy Trinity (Christian religion; Religion and Magic)  |  Jew

11C (God the Father)  |  
11E (Holy Spirit)  |  
11D (Jesus Christ)  |  
73 (New Testament)  |  
11B (Holy Trinity)
PL | EN

Privacy Settings (cookies)

This website uses cookies so that our service can work better. For more information and to personalise your preferences, click ‘Settings’. You can change your preferences at any time and you can also withdraw your consent to the use of cookies on the site below.
Privacy policy (the link will open in a new window)
*with the exception of technical cookies
By sliding the toggle to the right, you activate a specific consent. By sliding the toggle to the left, you deactivate that consent.