Altar of the Three Kings
- Subject
- Scena z życia Maryi i Jezusa
- Contributor
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- Style
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- Date
- Ołtarz: 1743 r. Obraz: 1740-1750
- Type
- Przyścienna forma architektoniczna z centralnie umieszczonym obrazem olejnym
- Material and technique
- Ołtarz: Czarny marmur dębnicki Obrazy: płótno Forma architektoniczna ze złoconymi elementami Obrazy olejne na podobraziu płóciennym
- Size
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- Signatures and inscriptions
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- Identity number
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- Department
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- Links/analogies
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- Owner
- Bazylika Mariacka w Krakowie
- Copyright
- Bazylika Mariacka w Krakowie
- Location
- Nawa główna, środkowy filar, po stronie północnej
- Description
- A fundamental change in the interior design of the nave body of St Mary's Church was brought about by the erection of a set of altars by the inter-nave pillars from the foundation of archpriest Jacek Łopacki in the first half of the 18th century. The altars were carved from black Dębnik marble according to a repeated compositional scheme. The generous founder brought them a unique set of easel paintings by one of the most outstanding and respected Venetian painters - Giovanni Battista Pittoni. The Epiphany altarpiece is surmounted by an interrupted beam with an oval medallion in the middle, housing a painting of St. Jack. Pittoni's painting, on the other hand, depicts the scene of the Entombment of the Three Kings.
