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Annunciation. Epitaph of Duke John II of Legnica and Brieg (?)

author: unknown Silesian painter

author of the pattern: Schongauer, Martin (ca 1435-1491)

date: ca 1500

place of creation: Silesia

object type: picture / painting, part of an epitaph

material: spruce panel, flake gold / gold foil, flake silver / silver foil, chalk-glue ground

technique: tempera, gilding, silvering, repoussé and chasing

dimensions: H 152 x W 123.5 cm

inscription:

on banderole, in majuscule: AVE GRACIA [...] DOMI[NUS]
on frame red number: 8141, repeated on reverse in red pencil

to 1875/1877

Knoblich, Augustin (1833-1876) – Chaplain of Corpus Christi Church in Wrocław,

Wrocław (Wrocław County; Lower Silesian Voivodeship),

property

1875/1877-1945

Museum of Silesian Antiquities (Wrocław) / Museum schlesischer Altertümer (Breslau),

Wrocław (Wrocław County; Lower Silesian Voivodeship),

property; 8141

1942

German depository in Prudnik,

Prudnik (Prudnik County; Opole Voivodeship),

safekeeping

Conservation of the Collection of the National Museum in Wrocław from 1948 to 1978, National Museum in Wrocław, 23.11.1978 - 15.02.1979

Guldan-Klamecka, Bożena, Ziomecka, Anna, Sztuka na Śląsku XII-XVI w. Katalog zbiorów, Wrocław 2003, seria Katalogi zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu, s. 178, kat. 17
Gotyckie epitafia obrazowe na Śląsku, red. Romuald Kaczmarek, Jacek Witkowski, Wrocław – Poznań 1990, cz. 1, s. 9, 10, 21, przyp. 29, cz. 2, s. 112, poz. kat. XV, 1

provenance: 1948, transfer

on display: Silesian Art 12th – 16th c., room VI, Main Building

National Museum in Wrocław Gallery of Art 12th–15th c.

inventory number: MNWr XI-215

copyrights to object: PUBLIC DOMAIN

permalink: https://muzeumcyfrowe.mnwr.pl/en/exhibit/p/mnwr_xi-215

person depicted: John II of Legnica and Brieg (1477-1495)

keywords: Lamb bearing cross or banner, 'Agnus Dei' (Symbols of Christ – animals; (Other) symbols of Christ) | angel | Archangel Gabriel | God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe (God the Father) | coat of arms | Knoblich, Augustin (1833-1876) – Chaplain of Corpus Christi Church in Wrocław | white lily (Lilium candidum, Madonna lily) | Mary / Virgin Mary | prayer book | Museum of Silesian Antiquities (Wrocław) / Museum schlesischer Altertümer (Breslau) | knife | Silesian eagle (coat of arms) | Silesian Piasts | portrait | group portrait | family | wings | Silesian art | Saint Bartholomew the Apostle | Saint Hedwig | Saint John the Baptist | religious themes | vase | Announcement of Christ's birth

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