Tombstone of Veronika Dmitrieva, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, state before 2013, Public domain
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Tombstone of Veronika Dmitrieva

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

Tombstone of Veronika Dmitrieva, fragment with inscription, Rossa cemetery in Vilnius, state before 2013

ID: NGR-011071-P

Tombstone of Veronika Dmitrieva

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Burial place originally marked by a cross on a two-stage plinth and two-stage base, in a band. Cross unpreserved, on pedestal decorated with palmetto and volute tracery. The first step of the plinth with moulded upper edges. On the front a panel decorated in the corners with geometrical braid, in it an engraved inscription (2). The second step of the pedestal with 1/3 height profiled sides, covered with a panel with a pediment with a bas-relief star, with rays framed by a pair of stylised lilies of the valley. On the pedestal at the front a panel closed with a carved solid arch, in which perhaps originally a photograph. Below engraved two palm branches, interlaced with a ribbon, below an engraved inscription (1).

Inscription:

1) Ś. + P. / Żona Nadwornego Radcy / Weronika / DMITRJEWA / zm. 3 Czerwca 1898 r. / wieku lat 62. //. 2. Дорогой и незабвенной Матушкъ / оть безьутъшно скорбящихь дочерей. //.

Related persons:

Weronika Dmitrjewa

Time of origin:

1898-1901

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 16b (Old Rossa) Tomb number 11

Dimensions:

240 x 130 x 94 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), concrete/jewel concrete

Additional information:

Inscription No. 2 in Polish translation: To Dear and Unforgettable Mummy / from daughters inconsolable in grief. //. Verses 2, 3, 5, 6, in italics. According to Wacław Wejtka's file, the gravestone was originally crowned with a cross and framed by a fence with cast-iron bars. In the panel a watercolour depicting St Veronica with a shawl.

State of preservation:

photograph not preserved, mosses, lichens, non-maintained finial

Bibliography:

„Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Katarzyna Jachimowicz, Magdalena Oleszak

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.

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