Unknown Frontispiece of the Visitation Document of the Lithuanian Province of the Dominicans from 1756

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present and analyse the unknown frontispiece of the visitation of the monasteries of the Lithuanian Dominican province of the Guardian Angel from 1756. This is a drawing attached to the visitation document prepared during the times of prior Reginald Lenartowicz, which is kept in the Archivum Generale Ordinis Praedicatorum in Rome. The frontispiece is important for the history of the Lithuanian Dominicans because it shows views of their most important churches and monasteries. In the case of scattered and mostly unpreserved archives and destroyed architecture, this is a primary source. The drawing frontispiece is analysed in a historical context through the prism of the graphics activity of various orders from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, utilising iconographic-comparative methods.