File:Saint Hedwig Altar 01.jpg

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anonymous: Legend of Saint Hedwig  wikidata:Q28482171 reasonator:Q28482171
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Title
Altar of St. Hedwig of Silesia (left wing).
label QS:Len,"Altar of St. Hedwig of Silesia (left wing)."
label QS:Lpl,"Ołtarz Św. Jadwigi Śląskiej (lewe skrzydło)."
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Hedwig of Silesia Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1440
date QS:P571,+1440-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium tempera on lime
Dimensions 277.7 × 112 × 7 cm (109.3 × 44 × 2.7 in)
institution QS:P195,Q153306
Accession number
Śr.28/1
Object history circa 1440
date QS:P,+1440-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: transferred to Franciscan Church, Wrocław
after 1945
date QS:P,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: transferred to National Museum, Warsaw
Notes The altar depicts the legend of St. Hedwig of Silesia, mother of Henry II of Silesia, who died in the battle of Legnica. The central part of the altar got lost in WWII, originally the whole altar had 32 scenes from Hedwig's life. The first scenes deal with Hedwig's family and early life. In the battle between Christians and Mongols, the souls of the killed Christians are carried to heaven by angels, while those of Tartars are swallowed by hell. The Europen style of the Tartar armor may be due to an intended association with the Hussits, who at the time of the creation of the altar ravaged central Europe. The other scenes deal with Hedwigs religious and philantropic work.
References cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl
Source/Photographer www.culture.pl

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22:33, 28 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:33, 28 December 2006630 × 1,484 (136 KB)Shalom Alechem (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Gothic altar piece, Legend of Holy Jadwiga from Silesia |Source=National Museum in Warsaw |Date=about 1430 |Author=Master of the Wielowieś Trypycon |Permission={{PD-Art}} }} Category:Master of the Wielowieś Trypycon [[Cat

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