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View of Nuremberg / Sketch of Madonna from St. Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg

Stanislaw Wyspianski

  • View of Nuremberg / Sketch of Madonna from St. Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg 2
  • View of Nuremberg / Sketch of Madonna from St. Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg 3
Basic information
ID
Г-V-665/13а,б
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Name
View of Nuremberg / Sketch of Madonna from St. Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg
Date of creation
1890
Technique
drawing
Material
paper pencil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
19.4 x 14.7
Additionally
Type
graphic art
Genre
architecture painting religious painting
Provenance
Collection of Lviv City Gallery
Information about author
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Artist's lifetime
1869–1907
Biography
Stanislaw Wyspianski was born in 1869 in Krakow. He studied at the Jagiellonian University and Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He was a member of the Young Poland movement, and art editor of the weekly Życie (Life). Stanislaw Wyspianski is known as a playwright and poet, modernist painter, and designer. The artist died in November 1907. He was buried in Krakow.
Object description
a) This is a cityscape of a stone urban development; to the left side of it there is a tower with a Gothic spire; in the center there is a four-storey house of elongated shape with a small tower that crowns the attic. b) This is an image of Madonna; she is wearing a cloak and a closed dress with a high collar that was fashionable in the Middle Ages; on her head there is a headdress and the royal crown. Her hands are outstretched; they are holding the cloak’s hem, which is covering the figures of people with their hands folded in a praying gesture. According to the traditions of the Middle Ages, the figures of people (nuns?) are three times smaller than the figure of Madonna. Faces and figures are painted schematically. Madonna is depicted against the background of the doorway (?).
Inscriptions
a) In the lower part of the work there is a creation place and date written in Polish. In the lower right corner there is the author monogram. b) In the lower part of the work there is a creation place and date written in Polish.

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