Malowidła ścienne w kościele pobrygidkowskim w Lublinie - temat historyczny czy Orszak Trzech Króli?

ENWall paintings from around 1460 uncovered at the end of the 19th century in the old Bridgettine church in Lublin aroused huge interest of the researchers for several decades. Mostly because they were recognized as fragments of the representation of the historical character: a ceremonial entry into Lublin of king Ladislaus Jagiełło after the Grunwald victory or the triumph of his son Casimir Jagiellon after the Thirty Years’ War. However, since it was assumed that paintings constituted a fragment of the expanded representation of the Adoration of the Magi and showed the procession of one of the magi heading for Bethlehem, this interest significantly decreased. Notwithstanding this, they deserve our attention, for they could have had a religious and dynastic character: physiognomic features of a young ruler represented in the procession enable us to state that it was to be king Casimir Jagiellon. There is every likelihood that this representation, today not preserved as well as the east part of the paintings, was complemented by the representation of the Adoration of the Magi, with a scene of paying homage to St Mary and Baby Jesus by the oldest of the Magi. Hypothetically, Ladislaus Jagiełło, the founder of the dynasty, could have been veiled behind this personage.