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                     Cloister
          Portraits of Krakow’s bishops          VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
         were hung in the cloister of the
         Franciscan Friary from the 15th         Practical Information
            to the mid-20th centuries.           Wszystkich Świętych Sq.
                                                 Map 1 C5 (6 D3). Tel 12 422 53
                                                 76.  Open 9:45am–4:15pm
                                                 Mon–Sat, 1:15–4:15pm Sun
                                                 and during services.
                                                 Transport
                                                 v 1, 6, 8, 13, 18, 20.


                                         Portrait of Bishop
                                           Piotr Tomicki
                                     This beautiful Renaissance
                                     portrait of Bishop Tomicki,
                                      painted before 1535 by
                                      Stanisław Samostrzelnik,
                                       is worth seeing in the
                                           cloister gallery.





































                                                           Tomb of Giovanni
          . Wyspiański’s Stained-                         Gemma (died 1608)
                Glass Let It Be                          The monument to the
        This expressive image of God                      Venetian physician to
        the Father emerging from the                     King Zygmunt III Vaza is
         cosmic chaos was rendered                     one of the most interesting
       using bold colours and sinuous,                   sepulchral sculptures of
         flowing Art Nouveau forms.                    late Mannerism in Poland.
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