Portal:Poland/Selected picture/60
Saint Stanislaus, patron of Poland
Stanislaus of Szczepanów
Credit:
Stanisław Samostrzelnik
Miniature
from a manuscript copy of two books by
Jan Długosz
, created in the 1530s for
Piotr Tomicki
, bishop of
Kraków
. It depicts Bishop
Stanislaus of Szczepanów
as a
patron saint of Poland
, venerated by King
Sigismund I
and Tomicki himself together with church and secular dignitaries. Although in the 16th century the art of
manuscript illumination
was becoming obsolete due to the invention of
printing press
,
Stanisław Samostrzelnik
was still able to find wealthy clients willing to pay for custom-made
codices
.
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