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Pulpit
Style
Late Baroque
Date
Late 18th century
Material and technique
Wood-patinated stucco, gilding
Size
7 m high
Location
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Żagań, Poland
Description
A pulpit supported by a 1.5 m high column shaft was placed on the third pillar. On the balustrade are painted, in Byzantine style, the four figures of the Evangelists. The pulpit consists of a body, canopy, foot and stair balustrade. The body, bordered at the top and bottom by moulded cornices, is divided into four fields filled with standing figures of the Evangelists. The six-sided canopy has been decorated with faint floral ornament and has a rayed bas-relief dove placed in the palate. The foot is cannelled. Panelled stair balustrade.