Nowiński, Janusz2026-03-112026-03-112015Seminare, 2015, Tom 36, nr 4, s. 199-208.1232-8766https://theo-logos.pl/handle/123456789/42705The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel in Umień (formerly Umienie, Koło district) possesses one of the early copies of the image of Our Lady of Częstochowa (Figs 1,2). The oil painting on canvas features the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus in gem-embossed gowns, the Virgin is wearing a jewelled crown. The iconography as well as the work’s stylistic features allow to associate it with a set of numerous copies of the painting of Our Lady of Częstochowa created in the workshop of a Cracow painter, Franciszek Śmiadecki (Figs. 3,4), active in 1596-1615. The first parish church in Umień was built in the 14th c. The current, wooden structure was raised in the 1st half of the 17th c. (Figs 5,6,7) by the contemporary heir of Umień, Wacław Kiełczewski, a courtier of King Sigismund III Vasa. Kiełczewski was also the founder of the Mannerist altar and the painting of Our Lady of Częstochowa in the side chapel of the church. After the 1755 fire, the surviving painting was placed in the new high altar, where it remains to this day (Fig. 2).polCC-BY-ND - Uznanie autorstwa - Bez utworów zależnychMatka Boska CzęstochowskaUmieńFranciszek Śmiadeckikopie obrazu jasnogórskiegoobraz Matki Bożej Częstochowskiejobrazy Maryiwizerunki Maryiwizerunki Matki Bożej Częstochowskiejobraz Matki Bożej Częstochowskiej w Umieniuwizerunki świętychMaryjakult maryjnyOur Lady of Częstochowacopies of the Jasna Góra paintingimage of Our Lady of Częstochowaimages of Marypaintings of Maryimages of Our Lady of Częstochowaimage of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Umieńimages of saintsMarycult of MaryArticle