DOI Artikel:
Rdesińska, Maria: O pochodzeniu sarkofagów króla Zygmunta III Wazy i królowej Konstancji Austriaczki: przyczynek do dziejów gdańskiego konwisarstwa
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28101#0173
ANEKS
Władysław Zygmunt do Rady Miasta Gdańska;
Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku, Akta Miasta Gdańska, Korespondencja; sygn.
300,53/64
O pochodzeniu
sarkofagów
króla
Zygmunta III...
yładislaus Sigismundus Dei gratia Sveciorum Gotthorum Vandalorumq[ue]
herrius Rex Poloniae Princeps Electus Dux Moschoviae Smolenscen[sis]
Czernichovien[sis] Ducatum Administrator
Spectabiles grate Nobis dilecte. Cum accepissemus a Factore Nostro sum-
mam quinq[ue] millum fłorenftis] quam Nobis Gratfiae] V[ost]rae pro suo
erga Nos affecta mutuarunt ad comparandam vrnam stanneam pro condendo
Serfenissimi] Parentis N[ost]ri piae memoriae corpore minime sufficere, ite-
rato ab eis diligonter postulamus vt iam declaratum Nobis affectum et in resi-
duo Grat[iae] V[ost]rae testentur factoriq[ue] nostro ad summam quinq[ue]
millum floren[tis] tantum peconiae quantum opus habuerit quo citius opus
perficiatur addant certo sibi persuasurae nos [.]oi Grat[iae] V[ost]ris debi-
tum sine v[..]a mora post peractam Electionem exolutanus Non dubitamus
Grat[iae] V[ost]ras id libenter facturas praesenti sese valetudinem et omnem
felicitatem exoptamus. Dat[.] Varsoviae die XXIIIa Monsis Augusti Anno
D[omin]i MDCXXXII
Vladislaus Rex Sveciae
Maria Rdesińska
On the Origins of the Sarcophagi of King Sigismund III Vasa and Queen
Constance of Austria. Contribution to the History of Gdańsk Pewtersmiths
In the 16th and 17th centuries Gdańsk was one of the biggest craft centers in the
Republic of Poland. One of the crafts especially well developed was pewtery, which
was confirmed by the fact that in pewterers workshops such voluminous items like
sarcophagi were being purchased. The sarcophagi were decorated with relief, carvings,
engravings and most often also polychrome. Among others, the sarcophagi of Polish
kings and queens (today in the Royal Vault of the Wawel Cathedral) are considered
to be made in Gdańsk. Although historians and art historians harmoniously confirm
the origin of the royal sarcophagi, in only two cases (the sarcophagi of King Sigismund
Augustus and King Stephen Bathory) their provenance is proved with pewterers’
marks and written documents. The Gdańsk provenance of the other royal sarcophagi
was established through the analysis of style. However, there are documents that con-
firm that two more royal pewter coffins were made in Gdańsk - the sarcophagi of
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Władysław Zygmunt do Rady Miasta Gdańska;
Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku, Akta Miasta Gdańska, Korespondencja; sygn.
300,53/64
O pochodzeniu
sarkofagów
króla
Zygmunta III...
yładislaus Sigismundus Dei gratia Sveciorum Gotthorum Vandalorumq[ue]
herrius Rex Poloniae Princeps Electus Dux Moschoviae Smolenscen[sis]
Czernichovien[sis] Ducatum Administrator
Spectabiles grate Nobis dilecte. Cum accepissemus a Factore Nostro sum-
mam quinq[ue] millum fłorenftis] quam Nobis Gratfiae] V[ost]rae pro suo
erga Nos affecta mutuarunt ad comparandam vrnam stanneam pro condendo
Serfenissimi] Parentis N[ost]ri piae memoriae corpore minime sufficere, ite-
rato ab eis diligonter postulamus vt iam declaratum Nobis affectum et in resi-
duo Grat[iae] V[ost]rae testentur factoriq[ue] nostro ad summam quinq[ue]
millum floren[tis] tantum peconiae quantum opus habuerit quo citius opus
perficiatur addant certo sibi persuasurae nos [.]oi Grat[iae] V[ost]ris debi-
tum sine v[..]a mora post peractam Electionem exolutanus Non dubitamus
Grat[iae] V[ost]ras id libenter facturas praesenti sese valetudinem et omnem
felicitatem exoptamus. Dat[.] Varsoviae die XXIIIa Monsis Augusti Anno
D[omin]i MDCXXXII
Vladislaus Rex Sveciae
Maria Rdesińska
On the Origins of the Sarcophagi of King Sigismund III Vasa and Queen
Constance of Austria. Contribution to the History of Gdańsk Pewtersmiths
In the 16th and 17th centuries Gdańsk was one of the biggest craft centers in the
Republic of Poland. One of the crafts especially well developed was pewtery, which
was confirmed by the fact that in pewterers workshops such voluminous items like
sarcophagi were being purchased. The sarcophagi were decorated with relief, carvings,
engravings and most often also polychrome. Among others, the sarcophagi of Polish
kings and queens (today in the Royal Vault of the Wawel Cathedral) are considered
to be made in Gdańsk. Although historians and art historians harmoniously confirm
the origin of the royal sarcophagi, in only two cases (the sarcophagi of King Sigismund
Augustus and King Stephen Bathory) their provenance is proved with pewterers’
marks and written documents. The Gdańsk provenance of the other royal sarcophagi
was established through the analysis of style. However, there are documents that con-
firm that two more royal pewter coffins were made in Gdańsk - the sarcophagi of
169