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20-MAY-2017 Jola Dziubinska

Cathedral In Pelplin - Main Altar

Pelplin, Poland

The late-Renaissance high altar (1623-40) is Poland’s largest and is believed to be the largest timber altar in Central Europe.
The main painting - by Herman Han, Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Koronacja NMP), 1623-24.
Herman Han (1574-1627) was a fashionable Danzig (Gdansk) painter and also nominated as a Royal painter.

For making this big painting, Herman Han got a very high and varied salary:
"1200 florins payable in installments, one good horse, 2 cows, 4 pigs, 12 rams, 15 geese, 40 hens, 30 bushels of rye , 40 bushels of oats, 20 bushels of barley, 5 bushels of peas, 3 measures of butter and 4 barrels of beer".

Nikon D700 ,Nikkor 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 AF Macro
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Walter Otto Koenig11-Jun-2017 16:27
Very nice interior image. I like the detail, lighting and colors. "V"
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