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Portrait of Abbot Francis I Ludovicus (Franciscus I Ludovicus) Lehmann of Żary, 1552-+1566
Author, school, workshop
Christian Conrad the Younger
Style
Baroque
Date
1732-1733
Material and technique
Oil painting on canvas
Location
Poaugustinian Monastery Complex in Żagań, Poland
Description
The portrait was originally accompanied by the inscription: 'En iterum jussi veteres migrare coloni / Ex templo et cathedra, pensio fixa minor. / Sed post tres annol alio sub Principe templum / Redditur et redeunt jura priora domus". Once again the monks lost their church and preaching house (under George Frederick Hohenzollern). Income became less. After three years, their church and former rights were returned to them under another prince (Bishop Balthasar von Promnitz).