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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 211906

King Sigismund chapel at Cracow cathedral (1515-1533)
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310152470
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/311121014
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31158563
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126545
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127411
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127856
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129302
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129470
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129534
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320131605
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330135482
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  alternate name: Church decoration and ornament--Poland--Kraków
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Architecture, Renaissance--Poland--Kraków
abstract: The Sigismund Chapel, a mausoleum erected between 1515-1533 for the King of Poland Sigismund I the Jagiellon at Cracow Cathedral, is universally regarded as the perfect example of High Renaissance architecture north of the Alps. It was designed by Bartolomeo Berrecci who also oversaw its construction and execution of sculptural decoration by a team of Italian and local sculptors. Particularly noteworthy in the chapel's decoration are several instances of compositional motifs unquestionably borrowed from Michelangelo and Raphael and the artists from his circle. Numerous compositional forms and motifs employed in this structure reveal an amazing concurrence with contemporary achievements of Italian, especially Roman, architecture and art. Very few structures, even in contemporary Italy, showed such an accumulation of forms and thematic motifs of antique provenance as the Cracow mausoleum did.
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310152469
language: eng
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301211906
type: CreativeWork