Figure of King Wladyslaw Jagiello from his tombstone in Wawel Cathedral in Kraków; drawing by Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884, draughtsman; Gothic style; tomb figure of King Wladyslaw Jagiello ca. 1351–1434, 15th century iconography; depiction includes shoes, crown, belt; medium: drawing glued across the entire surface onto paper of similar dimensions, which is glued across the top edge onto cardboard; dating of drawing 1830–1884; probable place of origin: Kraków; drawing: 9.5 cm × 24.1 cm; cardboard: 35.5 cm × 25.8 cm., A full-length pencil drawing of a robed figure in profile facing right, wearing a crown and a long cloak, holding a tall staff in one hand and a spherical object in the other; the figure stands on a decorative base featuring curled and scaled ornamental forms. The image is rendered on a tan background with visible pencil lines and shading in gray and black, and the robe, cloak, crown, staff, and base are depicted in varying tones of gray pencil on the tan paper.
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Figure of King Wladyslaw Jagiello from his tombstone in Wawel Cathedral in Kraków; drawing by Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884, draughtsman; Gothic style; tomb figure of King Wladyslaw Jagiello ca. 1351–1434, 15th century iconography; depiction includes shoes, crown, belt; medium: drawing glued across the entire surface onto paper of similar dimensions, which is glued across the top edge onto cardboard; dating of drawing 1830–1884; probable place of origin: Kraków; drawing: 9.5 cm × 24.1 cm; cardboard: 35.5 cm × 25.8 cm., A full-length pencil drawing of a robed figure in profile facing right, wearing a crown and a long cloak, holding a tall staff in one hand and a spherical object in the other; the figure stands on a decorative base featuring curled and scaled ornamental forms. The image is rendered on a tan background with visible pencil lines and shading in gray and black, and the robe, cloak, crown, staff, and base are depicted in varying tones of gray pencil on the tan paper.

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Figure King Wladyslaw Jagiello tombstone Wawel Cathedral Kraków drawing Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 draughtsman Gothic style tomb figure King Wladyslaw Jagiello ca 1351–1434 15th century iconography depiction includes shoes crown belt medium glued across entire surface paper dimensions top edge cardboard dating drawing 1830–1884 probable place origin 9.5 cm × 24.1 cm 35.5 cm 25.8 cm full-length pencil drawing robed figure profile facing right wearing long cloak holding tall staff hand spherical object figure stands decorative base featuring curled scaled ornamental forms image rendered tan background visible pencil lines shading gray black robe cloak staff base depicted varying tones gray pencil tan paper.

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