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. High Altar
The high altar is
decorated with
sculptures by
Baldassare Fontana.
The altarpiece,
depicting the Virgin
and Child with Anne,
is by Jerzy Eleuter
Siemiginowski,
painter to Jan III
Sobieski.
Pulpit
The angel supporting the
pulpit was carved in 1727
by the Krakow artist
Antoni Frączkiewicz, who
was influenced by the art
of Baldassare Fontana.
. Shrine of
St John of Kęty
The relics of the saint
rest in a sarcophagus
supported by four
figures personifying
the faculties of the
Academy of Krakow:
Theology, Philosophy,
Law and Medicine.
Choir Stalls
The stalls are decorated
with paintings by Szymon
Czechowicz, a leading Polish
painter of the 18th century.
