The Bishop of Vilnius Jerzy Radziwiłł
Author: |
Józef Oziębłowski (1805–1878) |
Created: | 1840 |
Material: | paper |
Technique: | litograph |
Dimensions: | 21 × 12 cm |
Signature: | inscription: JERZY XIĄZE RADZIWILL BISKUP WILENSKI bottom right: w Wilnie Litog: Oziębłowskiego |
KRASZEWSKI JÓZEF IGNACY, WILNO OD POCZĄTKÓW JEGO DO ROKU 1750, T. 1–4, WILNO, 1840–1842.
Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556–1600), Bishop of Vilnius and Krakow, the first cardinal of Lithuania, twice participated in a conclave for a papal election. He wrote a diary in Latin about his travels in Italy and described his recollections of Livonia. He was vicegerent of Stephen Bátory in Livonia.
Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album DELINEATIO LITUÆ (2009). Text authors Jevgenij Machovenko, Algimantas Muzikevičius, RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė