Coffin portrait
ConceptBaroque Art
Funerary portrait tradition of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth
1.00Common
Common
Coffin portrait
- Baroque Art
A coffin portrait was a realistic image of a deceased person placed on a coffin for a funeral, then removed before burial. It formed part of the castrum doloris. The practice decorated the coffins of deceased nobles in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, especially during the 17th and 18th centuries, in the period of Polish Baroque and Sarmatism. The term can also describe Ancient Egyptian mummy portraits.
- Art form
- A realistic portrait of a deceased person used at a funeral
- Main period
- 17th and 18th centuries
- Geographic scope
- Limited to Commonwealth countries
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Coffin portrait (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q1542239
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Anonymous (Poland)Unknown author. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsAnonymous (Poland)Unknown author, www.mnw.art.plModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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