Caption

Cathedral. St. Casimir's Chapel; photograph, 1914. Photographer: Jan Bulhak 1876–1950. Subject: St. Casimir's Chapel in the Vilnius Cathedral Baroque architecture. Medium and format: photographic print, height 15.0 cm, width 11.4 cm; mounted on album page, height 31.0 cm, width 23.5 cm., A sepia-toned interior scene shows a person kneeling on a patterned floor in front of an ornate altar area. Sunlight streams through high windows creating visible beams that illuminate dust in the air. The altar wall features sculpted reliefs, a chandelier, decorative columns, and a raised platform with framed objects. A tall candle stand and a statue in a niche are visible near the altar. A partially open doorway with a diamond-patterned glass panel frames the left side of the scene. Colors visible are brown, beige, and muted gold tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_413

License type

Rights managed

Available size

78.5Mb (3.1Mb) / 15.3in x 20.0in / 4575 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cathedral St Casimir's Chapel photograph 1914 Photographer Jan Bulhak 1876–1950 Subject Vilnius Cathedral Baroque architecture Medium format photographic print height 15.0 cm width 11.4 cm mounted album page height 31.0 cm width 23.5 cm sepia-toned interior scene person kneeling patterned floor front ornate altar area Sunlight streams high windows creating visible beams illuminate dust air altar wall features sculpted reliefs chandelier decorative columns raised platform framed objects tall candle stand statue niche visible near altar partially open doorway diamond-patterned glass panel frames left side scene Colors visible brown beige muted gold tones.