Coffin portrait
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coffin-portrait-174-455834
title:
Coffin portrait
text:
A coffin portrait was a realistic portrait of the deceased person put on coffins for the funeral and one of the elements of the castrum doloris, but removed before the burial. It became a tradition to decorate coffins of deceased nobles (szlachta) with such funerary art in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries, the time of the baroque in Poland and Sarmatism. The tradition was limited to Commonwealth countries, although the term may also des
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Portrait of the deceased used to decorate a coffin during a funeral service
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_portrait
date created:
2007-08-31T19:21:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T17:16:52Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Coffin_portrait_of_Jan_Gniewosz.jpg","width":661,"height":568}
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13
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