Saint Stanislaus altar
- Subject
- Retable with scenes from the life of St Stanislaus
- Contributor
- -
- Style
- -
- Date
- After 1511
- Type
- Altarpiece in the form of a triptych
- Material and technique
- Wood/Carving, gilding, polychroming
- Size
- -
- Signatures and inscriptions
- -
- Identity number
- -
- Department
- -
- Links/analogies
- -
- Owner
- Saint Mary's Basilica in Kraków
- Copyright
- Saint Mary's Basilica in Kraków
- Location
- Chapel of the Guardian Angels
- Description
- A triptych depicting a legend of St Stanislaus, was made at the beginning of the 16th century, most probably by Stanislaus Stwosz - son of the master Wit Stwosz. Pieced together in 1900 from loose bas-reliefs with the addition of a new neo-Gothic cabinet, it contains the scene of the Assassination of Saint Stanislaus in the central part, and on the wings: The purchase of the village from Piotrowin; The Resurrection of Piotrowin; The Testimony before King Boleslaw the Bold; The guarding of the corpse of Saint Stanislaus by eagles; and in then predella the Burial of Saint Stanislaus.
