Tombstone of Michał Tyszkiewicz, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
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Tombstone of Michał Tyszkiewicz

Père-Lachaise Cemetery
ID: NGR-019339-P/194099

Tombstone of Michał Tyszkiewicz

On the band a thick sloping gabled slab (tumba), on the headrest a square pedestal with a tall cross on a two-sided base in the shape of a truncated cone, on the lower base of the cross are engraved two crossed laurel branches with three flames between them, On the headboard in front of the slab a box jardiniere with an indentation on high legs on a limestone base with a count's crown on its long side from the front, on the pedestal traces of a fence. On the slab an inscription.

Inscription:

MICHAEL COMES / TYSZKIEWICZ / POLONUS / 1820 + 1853 / UXOR ET FRATER MOERENTES / PRECES FUNDUNT / ---- / AVE MARIA //.
 

Related persons:

Tombstone location:

Sector number 54 Tomb number 182

Dimensions:

166 x 100 x 200 cm

Additional dimensions:

height: front: 29 cm, back: 60 cm, jardiniera: 38 cm, cross: 106 cm

Materials:

marble, limestone

Additional Information about materials:

marble (cross, jardiniera)

Additional information:

Licence no: 282 P 1854

the perpetual concession was purchased by Countess Tyszkiewicz, resident at 50 avenue des Champs-Élysées, for the grave of her husband Michał Henryk Tyszkiewicz

concession under the protection of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Paris and TOZ (2007)

location: div. 54, row 2 ch. de Mont-Louis, gr. 2 av. de la Chapelle

Date of death on tombstone incorrect

memorial erected by his brother and widow

State of preservation:

unmaintained fence

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

in the 1980s the conservator of the cemetery took steps to liquidate the concession

in 1988 a gravestone restored by TOZ with funds from Zygmunt Tyszkiewicz from Kampenhout, Belgium

in 2010 renovation of the tombstone, by TOZ and at the expense of ROPWiM

according to an early 20th century photograph, the grave is surrounded by a cast iron fence

Bibliography:

  • Chrzanowski Tadeusz, ‎Kornecki Marian, „Polskie pomniki w świątyniach Rzymu”, Rzym 1994, s. 157

Supplementary bibliography:

TOZ, letter from S. Lucki to Guy Defarge, Chef du Bureau des Concessions in Paris of 11 August 1987,

ATOZ, letter from S. Lucki to Z. Tyszkiewicz of 6 June 1988.

Date of documentation:

2025

Publication:

04.10.2025

Last updated:

04.10.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

prof. Sławomir Górzyński
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Tombstone of Michal Tyszkiewicz with a tall cross on a square pedestal. At the base engraved laurel branches and three flames. An inscription is visible on the slab. Photo showing Tombstone of Michał Tyszkiewicz Gallery of the object +1
Tombstone of Michał Tyszkiewicz, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
Tombstone of Michal Tyszkiewicz with a tall cross on a square pedestal. On the base engraved two crossed laurel branches and three flames. In front of the tombstone a rectangular jardiniere with plants. Photo showing Tombstone of Michał Tyszkiewicz Gallery of the object +1
Tombstone of Michał Tyszkiewicz, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.

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