Ancient and sacred art

Death mask of Józef Nikodem Kłosowski

Death mask of Józef Nikodem Kłosowski

Plaster cast, Józef Ciechan, Lublin, 1959

Popular in antiquity, death mask were attributed with magical powers. With time they became a way of commemorating famous people. Józef Nikodem Kłosowski, a teacher, columnist, littérateur and more importantly the first person to come up with an idea to establish a museum in Krasnystaw, had his mask made a few days after his demise in November 1959 by Krasnystaw-born sculptor, Józef Ciechan.

Death mask of Józef Nikodem Kłosowski

Author: Muzeum Regionalne w Krasnymstawie
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