Side altar

Unknown artist

Side altar of All Saints placed in the northern aisle in the Cathedral in Gdańsk Oliwa. It is one of the 14 altars made in 1594 for the Oliwa Cathedral. The renovation and reconstruction of the altar was funded by abbot Aleksander Kęsowski in 1653. The founder's coat of arms was inserted in the entablature of the altar. The painting by Herman Hahn, made between 1624 and 1627, depicts the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the sides (in the retable) of the painting there are full-figure personifications of the Church and Religion - Ecclesia and Religio. The painting at the top of the altar contains several scenes: St. Bernard, St. John the Baptist with a lamb and Pope Alexander I on the throne. The top is decorated with a triangle with words in Latin QVIS VT DEVUS - who if not God and a dove, a symbol of the Holy Spirit.