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Epitaph with the Image of Mykhailo Kvasnytskyi

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Basic information

ID: Ж-5245
Author: unknown
Name: Epitaph with the Image of Mykhailo Kvasnytskyi
Date of creation: 1801
Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions: 113 x 68 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: icon
Genre: religious
Provenance: Expedition to the Lviv region

Information about author

Author: unknown

Object description

Mykhailo Kwasnytskyi (?–1801) was a son of Stefan Kwasnytskyi, the presbyter of the Busk church. Mykhailo died as a child. He was buried in the same church in the town of Busk, as evidenced by the inscription on the icon commissioned by his father. In the work, an unknown artist used a European composition that was not common in Ukraine. The central place in the work is occupied by a guardian angel, who accompanies little Mykhailo, pointing him the way. At the bottom of the icon, there is an inscription: "Сию икону создал Шенін/ Іерей Стефань Квасньцкій превирть бузкій во памать/ оусобшаго Сіна Свого Млца Михаила и здево храм погребенаго: Р. Б. Аша: [1801] / дна о Мца Декемриа". The icon comes from the church of St. Paraskeva in the town of Busk.

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