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Portrait of Abbot Simon I (Simon) Arnoldi from under the town of Scinawa, 1450-+1468
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: 'Hic pius ac doctus stipulanda a Praesule quovis / Electo induxit, praestitit ipse lubens. / Jaeschkendorf, Zedel, Konzendorf aere coëmit, / Et disciplinam restituit, coluit". Pious and learned, he designed the laws that every newly elected abbot should obey. He also complied with them. He bought Jaszkowice (a defunct village to the west of the town), Saddle (between Żagań and Żary) and Kunice [now part of Żary]. He restored and strengthened order.