Bolesław I the Brave and his image created by Tomasz Treter in the 16th century, the early appearance of the king’s tomb in the Poznań cathedral Cover Image

O szesnastowiecznym wizerunku Bolesława Chrobrego autorstwa Tomasza Tretera i wczesnym wyglądzie grobowca tego władcy w poznańskiej katedrze
Bolesław I the Brave and his image created by Tomasz Treter in the 16th century, the early appearance of the king’s tomb in the Poznań cathedral

Author(s): Aleksander Małecki
Subject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Bolesław I the Brave’s tomb; Tomasz Treter; the Poznań cathedral; the Golden Chapel; medieval stone sculptures; Henry II the Pious’ tomb; emperor Charles IV; Petr Perler

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to an attempt at reconstructing the early appearance of the tomb of king Bolesław I the Brave in the Poznań cathedral, destroyed in 1790. By referring to the discussion of the tomb’s founder and the changes in its shape, the author has focused on K. Stronczyński’s theory from 1887 that the chalcography by A. Mylius (1595) consolidated the early portrait of the king’s statue. The scholar was of an opinion that king Bolesław’s sculpture was modelled by the tomb of duke Henry II the Pious. The original of the portrait was created by Tomasz Treter, an artist born in Poznań who could have captured the state of the king’s statue around 1585 (a variant of the portrait was provided by S. Sarnicki in 1594)

  • Issue Year: 26/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 27-53
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish
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