1927
two toned gelatin silver prints,
painting detail: 28.3 x 21.9 cm, pasted on cardboard sized 32.2 x 24.1 cm, artist’s dry stamp reading "Jan Bułhak / Wilno" on the front of the print and cardboard, stamp reading "Obraz Matki Boskiej / Ostrobramskiej / po konserwacji w r. 1927" on the reverse of the cardboard,
whole painting: 22 x 16.3 cm, pasted on cardboard sized 32 x 23.8 cm, artist’s dry stamp reading "Jan Bułhak / Wilno" on the front of the print and cardboard, stamps reading "Obraz Matki Boskiej / Ostrobramskiej / po konserwacji w r. 1927", "Wszelkie prawa / zastrzeżone" and artist’s stamp on the reverse of the print, stamps reading "Polska / w obrazach fot. J. Bułhaka", "Obraz Matki Boskiej / Ostrobramskiej / po konserwacji w r. 1927" and "Wszelkie prawa / zastrzeżone" on the reverse of cardboard
vintage

The featured works are reproductions of the painting of the Lady of the Gate of Dawn displayed in the Chapel of the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius. Considered to be miraculous by Roman Catholics, it is one of the most powerful symbols of Christianity in Poland and Lithuania.
Exhibitions and reproduction in exhibition catalogues (painting detail): Jan Bułhak (1876-1950). A Photographer, National Museum in Warsaw (2007); PhotoSensitive. Photographic Collections in the National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Warsaw (2009).