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ID: NGR-009216-P/77948

Tombstone of Rafał Radziwiłłowicz

Vilnius | Lithuania
Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-009216-P/77948

Tombstone of Rafał Radziwiłłowicz

Vilnius | Lithuania

The burial place is marked by a two-stage gravestone with a stele at its base. The stele is framed by two cuboids, the top 3/4 high with triangular cut side edges. On the front there is an oval bronze medallion showing a portrait of a man with a moustache in 3/4 view, on the right there is a signature on a shirt collar. Below the portrait an engraved inscription. On the first step of the tombstone in the lower left corner a signature. On the second step of the slab an engraved inscription.

Inscription:

Ś + P / RAFAŁ / RADZIWIŁŁOWICZ / DOKTÓR MEDYCYNY / HONOROWY PROFESOR / UNIWERSYTETU / STEFANA BATOREGO / UR. 20 GRUDNIA 1860 R. / ZM. 28 PAŹDZIER. 1929 R. //.
PRAWDA / A / PRACA //.
J. GARDECKI / WARSZAWA / 1931 //.

Related persons:

Rafał Radziwiłłowicz

Time of origin:

1931

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 2 (Old Rossa) Tomb number 39

Dimensions:

220 x 116 x 196 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, copper alloy (bronze, brass or bronze alloy), grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Ceator's signature:

R. BIKNER. //. J. GARDECKI / WARSZAWA / 1931 //.

Creator:

Rudolf Bikner (zakład kamieniarski; Wilno), Józef Gardecki (rzeźbiarz; Polska)(preview)

Additional information:

According to the file of Lucjan Uziębła, the front of the stele contained a bronze cast of the bust of the deceased made in 1931 by J. Gardecki of Warsaw. The tombstone, on the other hand, was said to be the work of R. Bikner.

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens

Bibliography:

  • Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, s. 366-369.
  • Strona internetowa Społecznego Komitetu Opieki nad Starą Rossą, http://www.rossa.lt.

Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Marta Caban

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

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