File:HedwigAltar.jpg
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[edit]anonymous: Legend of Saint Hedwig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Unknown artistUnknown artist (Master of the Wielowieś Triptych) |
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Title |
English: Altar of St. Hedwig of Silesia (Left and right wing).
Polski: Ołtarz Św. Jadwigi Śląskiej (Lewe i prawe skrzydło). |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | Hedwig of Silesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
circa 1430 date QS:P571,+1430-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium |
tempera on panel medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions | Height roughly 275 cm (108.27 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q153306 |
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Current location |
Warsaw |
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Accession number |
Sr. 28/1 |
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Notes |
English: The altar depicts the legend of St. Hedwig of Silesia, mother of Henry II of Silesia, who died in the battle of Legnica. The central part of the altar got lost in WWII, originally the whole altar had 32 scenes from Hedwig's life. The first scenes deal with Hedwig's family and early life. In the battle between Christians and Mongols, the souls of the killed Christians are carried to heaven by angels, while those of Tartars are swallowed by hell. The Europen style of the Tartar armor may be due to an intended association with the Hussits, who at the time of the creation of the altar ravaged central Europe. The other scenes deal with Hedwigs religious and philantropic work. |
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References | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Dschingis Khan und seine Erben (exhibition catalogue), München 2005, p. 219 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
Copyright expired, PD-Art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | See also Image:HedwigManuscriptLiegnitz_a.jpg and Image:HedwigManuscriptLiegnitz_b.jpg, and, for single scenes cropped out, Image:HedwigAltarI.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarII.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarIII.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarIV.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarV.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarVI.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarVII.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarVIII.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarXXV.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarXXVI.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarXXVII.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarXXVIII.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarXXIX.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarXXX.jpg, Image:HedwigAltarXXXI.jpg, and Image:HedwigAltarXXXII.jpg. |
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current | 20:24, 15 June 2008 | 2,177 × 2,731 (2.98 MB) | Yaan (talk | contribs) | == Summary == {{Information |Description = Left and right wing of an altar of St. Hedwig of Silesia. Breslau, around 1430, restored 1929. Tempera on wood. Height roughly 275 cm. National Museum Warsaw, Inv. No. Sr. 28/1. The altar depicts the legend of St |
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