Tombstone of Adam Ferdinand Adamowicz

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-012311-P

Tombstone of Adam Ferdinand Adamowicz

Vilnius | Lithuania

Tombstone originally in the form of a cross on a three-tier pedestal and two-tier base. The cross is not preserved, framed by acanthus leaves at the base, on a pedestal decorated with palm leaves in relief on the front, enclosed by overlapping volutes. The first step of the plinth with profiled upper edges. Inlaid inscription to the front (1). The second step of the pedestal with moulded upper edges decorated with lictor rods, on the front a relief carved mace of Hercules entwined by two snakes with an olive lamp. The third tier of the plinth tapering upwards with a simplified beam consisting of a frieze, Ionic kimation and cornice, covered by a hipped roof. Suspended from the frieze are garlands of oak leaves, below is a moulded band, front and rear with semi-circular moulding. On the front a profiled oval niche, where originally a bust of the deceased. Below, a plaque framed by a frame of stylised ferrule and scroll ornament. In it an inlaid inscription (2).

Inscription:

1. ZACNEMU MAŁŻONKOWI I NAJLEPSZEMU Z PRZYJACIÓŁ / STROSKANA ŻONA TĘ PAMIĄTKĘ POŚWIĘCA / - / NAUKA PRACA OTO JEGO ŻYCIA DROGA / CEL ICH BYŁ: SŁUŻBA BLIŹNIEMU DLA MIŁOŚCI BOGA / TOŻ I NAGRODĘ ZA NIE MIAŁ W CIĄGU LAT MNOGICH / CZEŚĆ UCZNIÓW, MIŁOŚĆ ZIOMKÓW I WDZIĘCZNOŚĆ UBOGICH / A. E. ODYNIEC //.
2. D. O. M. / TU SPOCZYWA / ADAM FERDYNAND / ADAMOWICZ / PROFESOR UNIWERSYTETU WILEŃSKIEGO / RZECZYWISTY RADCA STANU / URODZIŁ SIĘ 16 STYCZNIA 1802 R. W WILNIE / ZMARŁ 30 KWIETNIA 1881 R. //.

Related persons:

Adam Ferdynand Adamowicz

Time of origin:

ca. 1882

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de secteur 14r (Old Rossa) Numéro de la tombe 15

Dimensions:

300 x 126 x 92 cm

Additional dimensions:

interior of niche: 55 x 43 x 12

Materials:

marble, zinc/zinc alloys

Additional Information about materials:

Plinth, base - marble; inscription plaques - marble, zinc-tin alloy

Additional information:

The name of the author of the inscription appears in square brackets. The gravestone was transferred from the Evangelical cemetery, recorded in the file of Wojciech Wojtka. Originally, a bronze portrait by A. Pruszyński was placed in the niche (E. Małachowicz, "Vilnius. Dzieje, architektura, cmentarze", Wrocław 1996, p. 444).

State of preservation:

lichens, inscription partly obliterated, non-maintained finial

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

missing elements - cross and sculptural bust

Date of documentation:

2013

Publikacja:

26.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz., Jan Juskowiak

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