Caption

Bowl and jug used for the liturgy of Maundy Thursday; artist: Leon Wyczólkowski 1852–1936 painter; maker: Krzysztof Chodkiewicz ?-1652, artistic crafts/goldsmithery; subject: bowls, jugs, Holy Thursday; style: mannerism craft, Young Poland; themes/personifications: four elements, Italy, Germania, Spain, France; medium: pastel; date: 1907; dimensions: height 79 cm, width 89 cm; place of origin: Kraków., A framed painting showing a large round decorative plate and a covered ewer displayed against a dark red and burgundy background. The plate has a raised central boss and radiating sculpted forms with reflective highlights in bright gold and yellow tones, with areas of darker greenish-gold and muted brown. The ewer beside it is tall with a curved handle and spout, painted in similar gold and yellow highlights with darker greenish and brown shadows. The surface beneath the objects appears draped with cloth in deep red and burgundy with touches of purple and darker maroon, and the frame around the painting is wood in warm brown tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_321

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Rights managed

Available size

41.1Mb (1.9Mb) / 13.3in x 12.0in / 4003 x 3592 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl jug liturgy Maundy Thursday artist Leon Wyczólkowski 1852–1936 painter maker Krzysztof Chodkiewicz -1652 artistic crafts goldsmithery subject bowls jugs Holy Thursday style mannerism craft Young Poland themes personifications four elements Italy Germania Spain France medium pastel date 1907 dimensions height 79 cm width 89 cm place origin Kraków framed painting showing large round decorative plate covered ewer displayed dark red burgundy background plate raised central boss radiating sculpted forms reflective highlights bright gold yellow tones areas darker greenish-gold muted brown ewer beside tall curved handle spout painted gold yellow highlights darker greenish brown shadows surface beneath objects draped cloth deep red burgundy touches purple darker maroon frame wood warm brown tones.