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Lietuvių: Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bažnyčios, Vilnius - Bažnytinio paveldo muziejus. Bažnyčioje tebėra Leono Sapiegos ir jo dviejų žmonų antkapinis paminklas – didžiausias Lietuvoje memorialinis statinys.
Polski: Kościół św. Michała Archanioła w Wilnie - Muzeum Dziedzictwa Sakralnego. Grupowy nagrobek Lwa Sapiehy i jego żon Doroty z Firlejów (†1591) i Elżbiety Radziwiłłówny (†1611), największy nagrobek grupowy na Litwie i jedyny zachowany. Na szczycie jest figura Chrystusa Zmartwychwstałego, pod nią został wkomponowany relief przedstawiający śpiących rycerzy. Po obu stronach reliefu są figury patronek obu żon - św. Elżbiety i św. Doroty. Nieco niżej są personifikacje cnót - Wiary i Nadziei. Nagrobek pochodzi z drugiej ćwierci XVII wieku, jednak w jego strukturze wykorzystano trzy wcześniejsze, bardziej prymitywne, reliefowe wizerunki Sapiehy i jego żon. Prawdopodobnie przed wybudowaniem kościoła św. Michała zdobiły one nagrobek, który znajdował się w katedrze wileńskiej.
English: The Church and the Convent of St. Archangel Michael in Vilnius - the Church Heritage Museum. The largest group tombstone for Leonas Sapiega and his wives Dorota Firlej (†1591) and Elžbieta Radvilaitė (†1611), made from marble and the only one of its kind surviving in Lithuania, is spectacular by its size and abundance of decor. The tombstone is surmounted with a sculpture of the Resurrected Christ symbolizing eternal life, and under the sculpture, a relief representing sleeping soldiers is set up. The sculptures of the patron saints of both wives – St. Elisabeth and St. Dorothea – on both sides of the relief refer to divine protection. Below, allegoric personifications of Christian virtues – Faith and Hope – rest on the coats-of-arms of their families. The tombstone was created approximately in the second quarter of the 17th c. according to the innovatory principles of composition of architectural tombstones, but three earlier images of Sapiega and his wives in relief, executed in a more primitive manner, were used in its structure. It is thought that they decorated a tombstone in the Vilnius Cathedral before the Church of St. Archangel Michael was built.
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