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St. Kinga praying in the mountains

Jan Matejko1892

Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka

Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka
Wieliczka, Poland

St. Kinga is a hero of folk tales and legends, to which the props in the picture refer: a ring thrown by her into the salt mine in Hungary, which was later found in Wieliczka (or in Bochnia, as others prefer), and turned into a rosary, which she threw over herself while fleeing from the Tatars. After the death of her husband, Prince Bolesław V the Chaste (1279), she founded the Poor Clares Monastery in Stary Sącz and, after endowing it with her privilege in 1280, she lived in it until her death. For this reason, the monastery also found its place in the painting.

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  • Title: St. Kinga praying in the mountains
  • Creator: Jan Matejko
  • Date Created: 1892
  • Location Created: Poland
Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka

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