Kilka uwag na temat datowania, autorstwa i historii obrazu Zaśnięcie Matki Boskiej w zbiorach Muzeum Książąt Czartoryskich w Krakowie
Some Notes on the Dating, Authorship and History of the “Dormition of the Virgin Mary” in the Princes Czartoryski Museum in Cracow

Summary/Abstract: The painting Dormition of the Virgin Mary, acquired from the collegiate church of St. Michael on the Wawel Hill and currently in the Princes Czartoryski Museum in Cracow (inv. no. MNK XII-341), was many times discussed in specialist literature, but the accepted scholarly views on its dating and authorship replicated the findings of 1956. This article constitutes an attempt at a reconsideration of these issues on the basis of written sources, which by now have been more thoroughly studied, the results of conservation research, as well as infrared photographs. The author argues the painting in question was executed ca. 1522 and should be attributed to Michael Lancz von Kitzingen. In addition, the author discusses some issues in the history of the paining and the course of its conservation over the years.

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