The Baptism of Lithuania

Painting by Jan Matejko

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The Baptism of Lithuania (1888) by Jan Matejko

The Baptism of Lithuania is an oil on canvas painting by the Polish artist Jan Matejko, executed in 1888. It shows the conversion of Lithuania (then a Grand Duchy) to Christianity and the baptism of the Boyar princes and people before the temple of the pagan god Perkūnas on Holy Saturday 1387\. It forms part of the artist's series The History of Civilisation in Poland.

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* "Kujawsko-Pomorska Biblioteka Cyfrowa - Chrzciciele Litwy : udział polskich Franciszkanów w nawracaniu ludu litewskiego : pamiątka rekoncyljacji i otwarcia kościoła OO. Franciszkanów w Wilnie 1864-1934". Kpbc.ukw.edu.pl. Retrieved 2017-04-17.

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Jan Matejko

Paintings|

* Stańczyk (1862)
* Poland - The Year 1863 (1864)
* The Sermon of Piotr Skarga (1864)
* Blind Veit Stoss with his granddaughter (1865)
* Rejtan (1866)
* Union of Lublin (1869)
* Stephen Báthory at Pskov (1872)
* Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God (1873)
* Zawieszenie dzwonu Zygmunta (1874)
* Battle of Grunwald (1878)
* Prussian Homage (1879–1882)
* The Babin Republic (1881)
* The Baptism of Lithuania (1888)
* The Constitution of 3 May 1791 (1891)

Painting series|

* History of Civilization in Poland (1888–1889)

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* Teodora Matejko (wife and model)

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