Légende

Head of a figure of King Casimir the Great from his tombstone in Wawel Cathedral in Kraków; drawing on cardboard glued with the upper edge to another cardboard; Gothic style; subject: Casimir the Great King of Poland, 1310–1370 — iconography; tomb figure/head from 14th-century tombstone; draughtsman: Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884; also associated maker: Emilian Lesser 1848–1912 and Wiktor Stanislaw Zygmunt Lesser 1853–1935; sculpture artist reference; drawing, probably Kraków; dated 1830–1884; card: height 30.2 cm, width 24.0 cm; cardboard: height 34.9 cm, width 25.1 cm., A drawing of a sculpted bust of a bearded figure wearing a detailed crown, centered on a tan paper background; the bust shows long wavy hair, a full beard with textured curls, closed or downcast eyes, and a draped garment at the shoulders, rendered with white highlights and dark gray shading; the background is mostly plain tan with a few small darker spots and faint smudges, and there are small darker punched holes near the left edge. The visible colors are tan, white, dark gray, and hints of brown.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A32_442

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54.4Mo (1.7Mo) / 33.0cm x 41.3cm / 3897 x 4875 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Head figure King Casimir Great tombstone Wawel Cathedral Kraków drawing cardboard glued upper edge another cardboard Gothic style subject Casimir Great King Poland 1310–1370 iconography tomb figure head 14th-century tombstone draughtsman Aleksander Lesser 1814–1884 also associated maker Emilian Lesser 1848–1912 Wiktor Stanislaw Zygmunt Lesser 1853–1935 sculpture artist reference dated 1830–1884 card height 30.2 cm width 24.0 cm cardboard 34.9 cm width 25.1 cm sculpted bust bearded figure wearing detailed crown centered tan paper background bust long wavy hair full beard textured curls closed downcast eyes draped garment shoulders rendered white highlights dark gray shading background mostly plain tan small darker spots faint smudges small darker punched holes near left edge visible colors tan white dark gray hints brown.