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Portrait of Abbot Martin (Martinus) Rinkenberg of Olesnica, 1468-+1489
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: 'Ille figurales modulos vult, datque byreta, / Non sinit, ut fratres rus vel ut ante colant, / Sed satutit potius, sit lectio spiritualis / Post nonam in nostro semper habenda horo'. He introduced polyphonic music and birettas for canons. He did not allow them to cultivate the field as in the past. He ordered post nonam reading in the choir.