ID: NGR-000802-P

Tombstone of Conradin Kreutzer

Ryga | Latvia
łot. Rīga

Cemetery at St Francis Church

ID: NGR-000802-P

Tombstone of Conradin Kreutzer

Ryga | Latvia
łot. Rīga

A gravestone in the form of a cross on a three-stepped plinth and base, in front of which a band in the form of a coffin lid, within an enclosure. Cross on pedestal, with vertical arm terminating in pyramid, in upper part a rectangular panel with carved eye of See in triangle and gloria, below, on horizontal arm, an engraved inscription. The third step of the plinth in the form of a boulder, on the front a circular medallion with a relief effigy of the deceased, with a signature. Fence consisting of a simplified balustrade with a quasi-meander ornament in the upper part, between four cylindrical stone pillars. Location of gravestone secondary.

Inscription:

C[...]n L[...]e[.]er

Time of origin:

1849-1850

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Tomb number 10

Dimensions:

350 x 160 x 130 cm

Additional dimensions:

fence - 360 x 330

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

cross - sandstone, plinth, pillars - granite, band - concrete, fence - iron

Ceator's signature:

O. FEIST / FEC. 1913 (sygnatura na medalionie, odnosi się do roku jego powstania)

Creator:

O. Feist

State of preservation:

lichens, secondary paintings, inscription partly obliterated

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Medallion secondarily covered with gold paint, medallion signed, gravestone probably moved from the old Catholic cemetery, secondarily placed in the area of the arranged small cemetery at St Francis Church. Medallion secondarily placed on tombstone in 1913.

Keywords:

cross (on a plinth)

Date of documentation:

2021

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr Paweł Drabarczyk vel Grabarczyk

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

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