Miraculous Image of Christ Carrying Crucifix in Discalced Carmelites Church in Lviv. From Studies on Reception of Graphic Art in Polish Painting of 17th Century

Abstract

In one of the side altars in the Cracow church of the Calced Carmelites ‘Na Piasku’ there is a miraculous image of Christ carrying a crucifix, brought after World War II from the Discalced Carmelites church in Lviv. The painting is one of the many examples o f using graphic models by painters as it was painted from a drawing made according to a composition of Peter de Witte, called Candid (born ca 1548 in Bruges, died in 1628 in Munich) by Raphael Sadeler I (born 1561 in Antwerp, died 1632 in Prague).

Keywords

• Carmelites Church
• Cracow
• Lviv
• Image of Christ