Răst res
1850
From the collection of "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum
1850
From the collection of "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum
Răst res is a 1850 by Hugo Kołłątaj, depicting Cult Object, held at "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum.
This image shows a wooden panel divided into four painted scenes. On the left, a woman in dark robes holds a smaller figure, both with golden halos. Below them, an angel on horseback rides toward a cross with a nailed figure. The colors are flat—reds, greens, and golds—with stiff, angular shapes. Notice the small round object on the right edge: it looks like a broken or melted glass window, now cracked. The writing at the top is faded but seems to be in an old script. Look up cult object to see how items like this were used in religious traditions.
This Polish folk painter worked in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, creating religious scenes with bold colors and simple shapes.
See the richer artist page