Title: the monastery in Pochaiv / "The monastery in Pochaiv. (Drawn according to Müntz Kostrzewski."
Author: Jan Styfi according to Franz Kostrzewski based on Johann Heinrich Müntz
Item description:
Notes: Preserved entire sheet along with anonymous text. The table of contents of the semi-monthly gives Ap. [Apollo] Korzeniowski as the author of the text. Rare engraving.
View of the post-Basilian church and monastery. One of the largest shrines and places of pilgrimage in Ukraine, taken over in 1720 by the Basilians (until 1832), from 1833 the Orthodox Pochaiv Lavra
About the author: Jan Styfi (ca 1839-1921) Warsaw wood engraver active in 1859- late 19th century, studied 1856-1857 at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts, then excelled in wood engraving in Leipzig, as an engraver associated with "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" and in 1865-1890 with "Kłosy" (in both magazines as head of the wood engraving room), also engraved for book publications and calendars, one of the most outstanding and prolific Polish xylographers, active as early as 1851 (Teodor Tripplin: Portugal. Warsaw: without publisher, 1851); see extensively Opałek 1949 pp. 64-66 and SPKP pp. 864-865, and Banach 1959 pp. 219 and p. 221
Literature: Grajewski 1972 does not note
Additional information:
Condition of Preservation:
Item in very nice condition (card after conservation)
Grading of state of preservation:
- perfect condition: (6) no defects, no signs of use, like new
- very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
- nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
- quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
- more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), quite insignificant, not very significant defects
- at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
- good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
- less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
- more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
- at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), quite poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
- Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct
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