Photo showing Tombstone of Wladyslaw Czerniewski

Tombstone of Wladyslaw Czerniewski

Ryga | Latvia

St Michael's Cemetery in Riga

Tombstone of Wladyslaw Czerniewski

Ryga | Latvia
St Michael's Cemetery in Riga

Burial site marked by an angel figure on a two-stage plinth and base. Figure on its own base. The angel is kneeling. Head slightly bowed, facing left, long hair falling down back. He is holding a floral festoon. Wings visible. The plinth framed on the sides by lower cuboids, originally used as fence posts. On the front of the pedestal in a panel a marble plaque with an engraved inscription. The monument in a common plot with the tombstone of Jadwiga Rudakowa. The whole is enclosed by a fence originally consisting of steel pipes connected to perpendicular posts.

Inscription:

Ś + P / WLADYSLAW CZERNIEWSKI / UR. 1884. – UM. 1957. //.

Related persons:

Władysław Czerniewski

Time of construction:

1957-1959

Tombstone location:

Sector number 20 Tomb number 11

Dimensions:

160 x 103 x 71 cm

Additional dimensions:

width of monument without posts: 62, angel: 69 x 47 x 35, fence: 54 x 245 x 268

Materials:

marble, concrete/jewel concrete, terrazzo, steel

Additional Information about materials:

concrete base, cast concrete angel

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Tombstone after conservation in 2021 (Polonica).

Bibliography:

Karta dokumentacyjna obiektu zabytkowego poza granicami kraju, dokumentacja cmentarza w Rydze, 2012, zasób przechowywany w Ministerstwie Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Warszawa