Caption

Queen Jadwiga's Velum, Wyczólkowski, Leon 1852–1936 painter, Jadwiga of Anjou queen of Poland; saint; 1373/1374–1399, Gothic sculpture, Gothic fabric, bas-reliefs, Crucifixion iconography, goldsmithery, Polish pastels, Polish culture, The Wawel Treasury 1907, Polish painting, Baroque craft, fabrics, embroidery, Young Poland style, 1907, Kraków, pastel, height 87 cm, width 85 cm, A framed artwork showing a dark background of deep blue and black drapery with a central carved relief in brown tones depicting figures in muted yellow and green, placed above a draped embroidered cloth. The cloth is cream with patterns of pinkish red and olive green floral embroidery and has folds and shadows in pale green and beige. To one side there is a decorative cushion or panel in moss green and gold with reddish floral motifs. The frame is metallic gold with worn areas.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_334

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.3Mb (2.8Mb) / 11.4in x 11.7in / 3409 x 3513 (300dpi)

Keywords

Queen Jadwiga's Velum Wyczólkowski Leon 1852–1936 painter Jadwiga Anjou queen Poland saint 1373 1374–1399 Gothic sculpture Gothic fabric bas-reliefs Crucifixion iconography goldsmithery Polish pastels Polish culture Wawel Treasury 1907 Polish painting Baroque craft fabrics embroidery Young Poland style 1907 Kraków pastel height 87 cm width 85 cm framed artwork showing dark background deep blue black drapery central carved relief brown tones depicting figures muted yellow green placed draped embroidered cloth cloth cream patterns pinkish red olive green floral embroidery folds shadows pale green beige side decorative cushion panel moss green gold reddish floral motifs frame metallic gold worn areas.