Naujai atributuotas Pranciškaus Smuglevičiaus dvipusis paveikslas
A newly attributed double-sided painting by Pranciškus Smuglevičius

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a newly found work of P. Smuglevičius (Franciszek Smugliewicz, 1745-1807). The work is kept in Nemajūnai (Alytus district), in St. Apostles Peter and Paul's church depository. It is a double-sided painting (oil on canvas, 80 x 54.8 cm) which has earlier been in a funeral church banner. On the one side of the painting there is Virgin Mary, the Rescuer of Purgatory souls (of the Mont Carmel), on the other side there is Christ crucified.The painting was already in the Nemajūnai church before 1881. The earlier evidences are not precise enough to assert that the painting was created about 1786 and exactly for this church. It could get into the church later, between 1830-1880.It was found out by the method of comparative analysis that the painting "Virgin Mary, the Rescuer of souls" is an original composition of P. Smuglevičius. "The Crucified" is a copy of "The Crucified" by Simonas Čechavičius (Szymon Czechowicz, 1689-1775), the teacher of the artist P. Smuglevičius (the original belongs now to Lithuanian Art Museum in Vilnius). Another copy of the same painting exists, possibly painted by P. Smuglevicius or his students. It is kept in Šalčininkėliai (Šalčininkai district), in St. George's church.

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