Title: "Castle in Vlošokovice."
Item description:
Notes: Preserved entire sheet along with anonymous text. The table of contents of the semiannual does not give the author of the drawing according to which the engraving was made and does not give the author of the text. Quite a rare engraving.
Baroque palace from 1749-1751 built for Aleksander Jozef Sulkowski, rebuilt in the 19th century. [view before reconstruction], located on an artificial island; see Atlas of monuments p. 247. Also see more extensively Dwory i pałace wiejskie w Wielkopolsce 2003 ss. 425-426 on Masonic inspiration and Masonic elements in the appearance of the building, among others.
Literature: Grajewski 1972 item 24849
Additional information:
State of preservation:
Item in very nice condition (card after conservation)
Grading of state of preservation:
- perfect condition: (6) no defects, no signs of use, like new
- very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
- nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
- quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
- more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), fairly insignificant, not very significant defects
- at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
- good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
- less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
- more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
- at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), fairly poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
- Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct
The evaluation of the state of preservation and some other elements of the description have some subjectivity, but we make them with our best knowledge and the greatest possible reliability, if in doubt, please refer to the scan of the object or contact us.
