Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2014., photo Piotr Jamski z zespołem, Domaine public
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Fragment of Józef Montwiłł's tombstone, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2014., photo Piotr Jamski z zespołem, Domaine public
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Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2014., photo Piotr Jamski z zespołem, Domaine public
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Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-010176-P/80513

Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł

Burial place marked by a figure of an angel on a banded two-stage plinth. Angel on its own base, decorated with a frieze of wavy ornament. To the left and to the front a bas-relief inscription. The angel shown in 3/4, facing left, with left leg extended forward. In his right hand he holds a lit torch, his left hand shields the flame. Girded at the hips with a crinkled cloth, reaching the ankles. Wings spread wide. Angel on its own base. On the right side an engraved inscription. The first step of the pedestal with a rough face, on the front in panels a relief inscription. Below, in a medallion a relief bust of a man. The face 3/4 facing right, against a background of laurel branches. On the second step of the pedestal on the front a relief panel with a representation of a cross and two angels. On the axis, a cross with the image of Christ against a background of gloria, flanked by figures of lambs kneeling to their breasts, with their hands folded in a prayer gesture. On the right the artist's signature. The headband framed by a wall, on the left with an attached lower two-stepped plinth.

Inscription:

1. "NIECH ŻYWI NIE TRACĄ NADZIEI I PRZED NARODEM NIOSĄ OŚWIATY KAGANIEC." +++ //.
2. Ś. P. JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ / UR 19. III. 1850 / ZM 7. II. 1911 //.

Related persons:

Time of origin:

ca. 1915

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de secteur 17 (Old Rossa) Numéro de la tombe 1

Dimensions:

410 x 290 x 350 cm

Additional dimensions:

figure: 240 x 220 x 200 (cm)

Materials:

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

Additional Information about materials:

bronze castings, 2nd step of plinth faced in black Swedish granite, first step in black granite, band and posts in sandstone blocks

Ceator's signature:

1. / LEON KRANTZ / WARSZAWA / 1914 //. 2. Z. OTTO / WARSZAWA //.

Creator:

Zygmunt Otto (rzeźbiarz; Polska)(aperçu), Leon Krantz (przedsiębiorca; Warszawa)(aperçu)

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

good state of preservation, statue needs cleaning, band needs repairing

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/.
  • Śnieżko, A. „Rossa - miasto umarłych. Groby zasłużonych”, t. 1, Wrocław 1970, maszynopis w zbiorach PAU Kraków, s. 295-199..
  • Gutowski Bartłomiej, „Najsłynniejsza z wileńskich nekropolii", „Mówią Wieki”, nr specjalny, 2018, nr 2.

Keywords:

Date of documentation:

2014

Publikacja:

16.08.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Maja Lipiec, Sandra Zagajna

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2014. Photo montrant Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł Galerie de l\'objet +2
Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2014., photo Piotr Jamski z zespołem, Domaine public
Fragment of Józef Montwiłł's tombstone, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2014. Photo montrant Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł Galerie de l\'objet +2
Fragment of Józef Montwiłł's tombstone, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2014., photo Piotr Jamski z zespołem, Domaine public
Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2014. Photo montrant Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł Galerie de l\'objet +2
Tombstone of Józef Montwiłł, Na Rossie cemetery in Vilnius, as of 2014., photo Piotr Jamski z zespołem, Domaine public

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