Ühe varauusaegse hauatähise retoorika: kriitika, korrektiivid ja uued hüpoteesid
The Rhetoric of an Early Modern Tombstone: Criticisms, Corrections, and New Hypotheses

Summary/Abstract: The Baron Pontus de la Gardie monument (after 1589–1593) is the first magnificent early modern work of memorial art dedicated to the memory of a nobleman not belonging to the royal family. The arquitectonic and design elements of the monument, even the use of some materials, point to the interrelationships between that tombstone in Tallinn and monuments in Uppsala. In the course of the study, based on a qualitative content analysis, a more complete picture of the iconography used on the monument was obtained. Factology allows us to hypothesize that both Johan III and Willem Boy were involved in designing the monument, which makes it possible to place de la Gardie’s monument in the context of the memorial art of the late 16th century in the Kingdom of Sweden

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