Copy of a tympanum from Vízakna (today Ocna-Sibilui, Romania)

Hungarian sculptor (copy), Weszely Pál (cast maker)

Artist: Hungarian sculptor
(copy)

Weszely Pál
(cast maker)
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Dated: early 13th century (original), 1912 (cast)
Classification: relief, plaster cast
Medium: gipsz
Dimensions: 70 × 147 × 10 cm, 60 kg
Inv.no.: C.112.III.1985
Department: Old Hungarian Collection
Current Location of the Original Artwork: Romania, Ocna Sibiului, Reformed (Calvinist) Church
Location: National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (Budapest), Building A, Ground Floor. European Architectural Sculpture. Selection from the Cast Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts. Visible Storage

The pediment relief above the southern portal of the church of Vízakna (today Ocna Sibiului, Romania, built at the beginning of the thirteenth century) depicts a tree of life between two lions. By order of István Möller the cast was made by Pál Weszely in 1912, and it was built into the wall of the Romanesque Hall. In 1985 it was transferred to the Hungarian National Gallery.