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Tombstone of Antoni and Helena Poniński, cemetery in Kowalówka, as of 2007., photo autorzy karty, 2007
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Tombstone of Antoni and Helena Poniński

Kowalówka | Ukraine
ukr. Kowałiwka (Ковалівка)
Cemetery in Kowalówka (I)
ID: NGR-001336-P

Tombstone of Antoni and Helena Poniński

Kowalówka | Ukraine
ukr. Kowałiwka (Ковалівка)

The burial site marked by a column on which are set three figures of weeping women carrying an urn on their backs, which is set on a three-tier plinth framed by two allegorical figures and on a high base. Urn resembling a lekyt, supported on the backs of three women standing back to back. Figures on their own base. All with left leg slightly extended, wearing long undulating robes, with diadem and head scarf falling over shoulders. The female figure at the front supports the shawl on her chest with her right hand, holding her left hand to her head. Female weeper on right with left breast exposed, supports headscarf with right hand. The woman on the left with both hands supporting the shawl at breast level. Column on its own base entwined with a laurel wreath. On its front, on its shaft, two bas-relief antique busts superimposed on each other: male in front, female behind. Below, an engraved inscription (1). At the back (2) Rectangular base, secondarily rusticated. First step of plinth tall. Second and third steps of plinth oval. Two life-size figures sit on the first step of the plinth, flanking the column. On the right, a man with his head bowed, which he supports with his left hand, resting on his left knee. In his right hand, leaning against a jug from which water is pouring, he holds a paddle downwards. Right leg slightly extended forward. Naked, with a ruffled robe thrown over his left knee, wrapped around his back and falling over the jug. With beard and palm wreath on head. To the left a woman in front of whom is a child. The woman with her barefooted right foot extending from under the robe, with her leg moved slightly forward, her left foot behind her. In an antique ruffled gown, tied with a shawl held up by her left hand. Sleeveless gown, with a small neckline. Head pointing downwards, hair pinned up, with small puffs falling. On the head a diadem in the form of a small tower. A shield is leaning against the woman's right leg. In front of her stands a boy, supported by his left hand against the edge of the plinth. Left leg slightly extended forward. He is dressed in an antique robe slung over his shoulder, with bare feet. He holds a poppy in his hands.

Inscription:

(1) ANTONIEMU I HELENIE / Z SWIATOPELKÓW ZAWADZKICH / LODZIOM I PONINSKIM / SYN SWOIM RODZICOM R / 1833 //.
(2)  ANTONI + / ZMARŁ D: 23 MAIA R: / 1819. / HELENA + ZMARŁA D: 11 STYCZNIA R: / 1832. / PROSZĄ O IEDNO / POZDROWIENIE. //.

Time of origin:
1919-1935
Lokalizacja nagrobka:
Tomb number 5
Dimensions:
514 x 415 x 254 cm
Materials:
concrete/jewel concrete, sandstone
Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

The gravestone suffered little damage from shelling during the Second World War. In the late 1990s, minor non-professional repairs were made to, among other things, the boy's hand, and the base was reinforced and plastered. Information from local people.

Bibliography:
  • Karta dokumentacyjna obiektu zabytkowego poza granicami kraju, powiat buczacki, zbiór przechowywany w Ministerstwie Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Warszawa..
  • „Cmentarze dawnego powiatu buczackiego”, pod redakcją Anny Sylwii Czyż Bartłomieja Gutowskiego, Warszawa 2017, 335-336.
Keywords:
Date of documentation:
2007
Author of the documentation sheet:
Karolina Lenarczyk
Development / approval of the documentation sheet:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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