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A coffin portrait was a realistic portrait of the deceased person put on coffins for the funeral and one of the elements of the castrum doloris, but removed before the burial. It became a tradition to
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Coffin portrait of Jan Gniewosz, c. 1700, oil on tin plate. Signature: I.[an] G.[niewosz] N.[a] O.[oleksowie] K.[asztelan] C.[zchowski] English: Jan Gniewosz [lord] of Oleksów, castellan of Czchów
Coffin portraits in the National Museum in Warsaw
Coffin portraits on display at Poznań Cathedral, painters unknown.
Coffin portrait of Barbara Lubomirska, 1676.
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Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the early 17th century
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