Interior of the Chapel of the Gates of Dawn
Authors: |
Louis Bichebois (1801–1851) Victor Adam (1801–1866) |
Created: | 1847 |
Material: | paper |
Technique: | chromolithograph |
Dimensions: | 53.50 × 68.60 cm |
Signature: | inscription: Album de Wilna. / Dessiné par Sadownikoff . / Imp. par Lemercier a Paris. / Lith. par Bichebois. Fig. par V. Adam. / No. 3. / WIDOKI WILNA WNĘTRZE KAPLICY OSTROBRAMSKIEY. / VUES DE WILNA L’INTÉRIEUR DE LA CHAPELLE D’OSTRABRAMA. / Dédiée ă Madáme la Comtesse Marie Łopaciński neé Szumski. / par l’Editeur J. K. Wilczyński. |
Chromolithograph aft er Vasily Sadovnikov, Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński, ‘Album of Vilnius’, series I, fascicle I, No. 3.
The greatest number of prints in this series of Wilczyński’s book are reproductions of the miracle-working picture of Our Lady of the Gates of Dawn and the interior of the chapel with the picture. A colour lithograph showing the altar in the chapel, based on a drawing By Vasily Sadovnikov (1800–1879), was one of the first prints from the Album de Wilna to be repeated in an uncoloured lithograph and later in smaller steel engravings. There are more than 20 large and small lithographs and engravings in the Album of the interior of the Chapel of the Gates of Dawn and the painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Some were copied and reprinted by other publishers in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Text author Dalia Vasiliūnienė
Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA II (2015). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė, HEAVEN AND BEYOND (2016). Compiler Dalia Vasiliūnienė. Text authors Dalia Vasiliūnienė, Skaidrė UrbonienėExpositions: “Heaven and Beyond. Works of religious art from the collection of Rolandas Valiūnas and the law firm Valiunas Ellex“, 31 May–24 September 2016, Church Heritage Museum, Vilnius (curators Dalia Vasiliūnienė, Skaidrė Urbonienė)