Figure of a Bishop
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Basic information
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Bishop
- Provenance
- Susidovychi village, Staryi Sambir district, Lviv region, St. Anne Cathedral
Information about author
Object description
The full-length sculptural image depicts a man in a dynamic Baroque pose. The expressive contrapposto figure of a bishop is crafted with arms spread wide and the head tilted toward the left shoulder. The sculptor focused not on accurately reproducing anatomical accuracy but on conveying form, mood, and emotions, evident in the figure's slight disproportions and narrow, drooping shoulders. The artist primarily focused on the man's gaunt face, its frawn sharp eyebrows, small eyes outlined by the arches of drooping eyelids, prominent cheekbones, a straight nose, sunken cheeks, and closed lips. The sculptor modelled the face, reproducing the bishop's facial expressions and his alienated, lowered gaze. The figure's expressiveness is enhanced by the dynamic folds of the clothing, long strands of beard that seem to be blown by the wind, and the unruly curls of hair visible beneath the mitre. The drapery forms unique abstract, angular planes with geometric sharply cut folds. The work is evident in the expressiveness of the pose and its distinctive silhouette. The style of image reproduction and the manner of drapery carving resemble the works of the 18th-century sculptor Antoni Osinski.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
