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Portrait of Abbot John I (Joannes I), 1311-1320
Author, school, workshop
Christian Conrad the Younger
Style
Baroque
Date
1732-1733
Material and technique
Fresco
Location
Poaugustinian Monastery Complex in Żagań, Poland
Description
The portrait was originally accompanied by the inscription: 'Fratrubus ac sibi quae deerant habitacula stuxit, / In villam Warin postea Praepositus'. He expanded himself and the brothers' cells and non-rooms. Subsequently, he became prebishop in Worin (in the Lubuskie region, west of Lubusz).