The Catholic Consistory House

J. F. Bogucki painted the watercolour The Catholic Consistory House as a sketch for a card. It shows a building on Pilies Street in which important bodies in the ecclesiastical administration had their offices, such as the Catholic Spiritual Consistory, the office of the Diocese of Vilnius, and an archive. It is a striking and asymmetrical 17th-century building: the upper storey is decorated with arches, and the wall on Bernardinų Street is held up by an arch. The square format of the painting, its sinuous lines, the elaborate depiction of details, and the pastel colours, show the influence of Art Nouveau, and the enthusiasm for the art and architecture of former times, retrospectivism, and a love of the spirit of the Old Town.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė
Expositions: “Vilnius. Topophilia. Views of Vilnius from the collection of the law firm Ellex Valiunas”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Laima Laučkaitė)

J. F. Bogucki painted the watercolour The Catholic Consistory House as a sketch for a card. It shows a building on Pilies Street in which important bodies in the ecclesiastical administration had their offices, such as the Catholic Spiritual Consistory, the office of the Diocese of Vilnius, and an archive. It is a striking and asymmetrical 17th-century building: the upper storey is decorated with arches, and the wall on Bernardinų Street is held up by an arch. The square format of the painting, its sinuous lines, the elaborate depiction of details, and the pastel colours, show the influence of Art Nouveau, and the enthusiasm for the art and architecture of former times, retrospectivism, and a love of the spirit of the Old Town.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė
Expositions: “Vilnius. Topophilia. Views of Vilnius from the collection of the law firm Ellex Valiunas”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Laima Laučkaitė)