Resurrection of Christ
- Subject
- Late Gothic retable depicting scenes from the lives of Mary and Jesus
- Author, school, workshop
- Wit Stwosz (ca. 1448-1533)
- Contributor
- -
- Style
- Late Gothic
- Date
- 1477-1489
- Type
- Altarpiece in the form of a pentaptych
- Material and technique
- Wood/carving, gilding, polychrome
- Size
- 2,5 × 2,3 m
- Signatures and inscriptions
- -
- Identity number
- -
- Department
- -
- Links/analogies
- -
- Owner
- Saint Mary's Basilica in Krakow
- Copyright
- Saint Mary's Basilica in Krakow
- Location
- Saint Mary's altar (by Wit Stwosz) in the presbytery
- Description
- On one of the most dynamic quarters of the altarpiece, the Risen Christ seems to dance in the air, only lightly touching the tomb. A voluminous mantle swirls around his body moved by some invisible force. The heavy stone slab, however, remains intact. The sleeping soldiers in the finely depicted armour did not notice anything either. The Messiah had conquered death by penetrating the walls of the tomb effortlessly.
