Jan Bąkowski (1872 -1934) - Servant of God Queen Jadwiga, - commemorative / patriotic poster
Printed by ROTOFOT, Warsaw circa 1934
Publisher Postulator of the Beatification of Queen Jadwiga X.R.J. de Van Roy - Warsaw, Nowogrodzka 34
Minor edge tears, soiling at the bottom. Overall condition very good.
Format : 33.5 x 95 [cm].
Rarity.
Poster depicts the Sarcophagus of Jadwiga Andegawenska located in Wawel Cathedral.
Originally the queen and her daughter were buried in 1399 in the chancel to the left of the main altar. In 1949 she was moved to a sarcophagus made by Antoni Madeyski in 1902 in Rome. The sarcophagus was founded by Count Karol Antoni Lanckoroński, and was made of white Carrara marble, modeled on Ilaria del Qareto's 15th century tombstone in Lucca Cathedral. The top panel features a figure of the queen with her hands folded in prayer and a dog symbolizing fidelity underfoot. The sides of the sarcophagus are decorated with a frieze with eagles and the Andegawen coat of arms.
Jan Bąkowski (born June 19, 1872 in Cracow, died October 10, 1934 there) - Polish painter, portraitist.
In 1895-1898 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Cracow, under Teodor Axentowicz, Leopold Löffler, Jan Stanislawski and Leon Wyczółkowski, receiving a silver medal in1895-1896. In 1903 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. A member of the Society of Lovers of the History and Monuments of Cracow, he exhibited his works in Vienna and Prague, and from 1897 at the Cracow Society of Friends of Fine Arts. He was buried in Rakowicki Cemetery.
