Vilnius Cathedral
| Author: |
Isidore Deroy (1797–1886) |
| Created: | 1847 |
| Material: | paper |
| Technique: | chromolithograph |
| Dimensions: | 44.50 × 54 cm |
| Signature: | inscription: Album de Wilna. / No. 7. / Dessiné d’apres nature par Sadownikoff. / Lith. par Deroy. / WIDOKI WILNA KOSCIOŁ KATEDRALNY R. K. / VUES DE WILNA L’ÉGLISE CATHÉDRALE CATHOLIQUE ROMAINE / par l’Editeur J. K. Wilczyński. / Imp par Lemercier, a Paris |
Chromolithograph after Vasily Sadovnikov, Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński, ‘Album of Vilnius’, series I, fascicle I, No. 7.
A chromolithograph based on Sadovnikov’s picture The Cathedral of St Stanislaus was made by the French lithographer Isidore Laurent Deroy (1797–1886). The depiction of the square is magnificent: hills with towers rise symmetrically behind the cathedral; to the left is the tower on Gediminas Hill; to the right is Bekešas Hill, with its monument, which had fallen down with the slope in 1841, six years before the making of the lithograph. The pages of Wilczyński’s book are distinguished by the style of French lithography, a particular way of expressing space, proportion and figures, which turned the Old Town of Vilnius into a spacious European city. A special charm is conveyed by the pictures of men, women and children, both poor and wealthy, and by horse drawn carriages.
Text author Laima Laučkaitė
Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA II (2015). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė, RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta JanonienėExpositions: “Vilnius. Topophilia. Views of Vilnius from the collection of the law firm Ellex Valiunas”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Laima Laučkaitė). ‘Vilnius Forever. A Dialogue of Artworks and Guides to the City’, 25 May 2022 – 30 April 2023 Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curator Laima Laučkaitė.
