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GOTHIC STYLE IN CRACOW ART
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Henry IV, Duke of Cracow and Breslau (1290), in Breslau Cathedral. On the upper slab there is the figure of the king reposing in his coronation vestments, with sceptre and orb in his hands, the long coronation sword by his side. The
33. SEPULCHRAL MONUMENT OF KING CASIMIR THE GREAT.
head of the king is of a pronouncedly Slavonic type. The feet are propped against a console adorned with vine-leaves. On the sides of the tomb there are reliefs of figures complaining, being personifications of the four estates of the Realm mourning