Cyklus posmrtných podobizen abatyší kláštera františkánských terciářek v Brně
Roč.68,č.2(2019)
Abstrakt
Klíčová slova:
funeral portrait; abbess; Franciscan order; Brno
Stránky:
290–299
Over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries an extraordinary gallery was created in the Franciscan women's convent in Brno, a gallery that contains the portraits of the convent's abbesses. The sisters are not depicted in the manner that was customary for early-modern portrait series of abbots and abbesses. Rather, they are captured in death: a lifeless body in real-life dimensions lying on a bed, accompanied by attributes associated with death instead of the traditional insignia of the office. Fifteen of these full-body funeral portraits have survived to the present day – the first dating from 1646, and the last from 1776. The article presents this unusual series of portraits and describes aspects of the creation and function of these portraits.
funeral portrait; abbess; Franciscan order; Brno
290–299