coffin portrait

A distinctive art of coffin portraits emerged during that period.

Coffin portraits are an important subcategory of this type.

After the funeral, the coffin portrait would often be hung on the walls of the church that the deceased had contributed to.

The oldest coffin portrait in Poland is that of the king Stefan Batory from the late 16th century.

Many coffin portraits are still displayed in various churches across Poland; hundreds are held in various museums.

A common art form of the Sarmatian period were coffin portraits, particular to the culture of the Commonwealth, used in funerals and other important ceremonies.

Today the surviving coffin portraits provide a wealth of knowledge about culture (clothing, hairstyles and jewellery) of the Commonwealth nobility.

But even the poor would try to have at least a basic coffin portrait, albeit those, painted by amateur painters, usually have little or no artistic merit.

Notable examples include coffin portrait (Polish: portret trumienny) of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

A particular feature in Poland was the coffin portrait, a bust-length painted portrait of the deceased, attached to the coffin, but removed before burial and often then hung in the church.

One of the most distinctive art forms of the Sarmatians were the coffin portraits, a form of portraiture characteristic of Polish Baroque painting, not to be found anywhere else in Europe.

Until the 20th century, the coffin portraits were ignored by scholars; those painted on silver or tin were stolen from churches and monasteries and then melted down, others were destroyed by treasure hunters and thieves, or simply fell to the ravages of time.

After king's death, he painted his coffin portrait (now at the Royal Castle in Warsaw), that was later placed in the Marble Room at the Royal Castle among preserved 22 effigies of the Polish monarchs by Peter Danckerts de Rij.