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RARE CARL POELLATH BAVARIAN HOLY FAMILY PRINT – POLISH TEXT, PRE-1914
Printed by Renowned Maker Carl Poellath, Schrobhausen – 100-Day Pius VII Indulgence (1807)
Original hand-colored lithograph by Carl Poellath (Polish: Karol Poellath), depicting the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary, Joseph) with halos before a domed chapel. Produced in Schrobhausen, Bavaria for Polish Catholic devotion. Printed on smooth machine-made wove paper and pasted to original gold-flecked card matte. Pre-1914 religious period – before the firm’s shift to military badges.
FRONT – Polish Indulgence:
Jezus, Marya, Józef!
Wam oddaję serce i duszę moję.
100 dni odpustu za każdy raz.
Pius VII. 29. kwietn. 1807.
Translation:
“Jesus, Mary, Joseph! I give you my heart and my soul. 100 days indulgence each time. Pius VII, April 29, 1807.”
BACK – Polish Prayer + Imprimatur & Maker:
„Jezus się pomnażał w mądrości i w łasce u Boga i u ludzi.” Łuk. II, 52.
„A był im poddany.”
Modlitwa.
Modlitwą błagającego ludu Twego, Panie, racz błogosławić według Twego miłosierdzia, aby poznał, co ma czynić, a co poznał, wypełnił. Przez Jezusa Chrystusa itd.
Za pozwoleniem i poleceniem J. W. XX. Biskupów z Augsburga w Bawaryi i z Bryxen w Tyrolu. Karol Poellath, Szrobenhauzen w Bawaryi.
Translation (Prayer):
“Jesus increased in wisdom and grace before God and men.” (Luke 2:52)
“And He was subject to them.”
Prayer for grace to know and fulfill God’s will — through Jesus Christ.
Imprimatur Explanation:
• J. W. XX.: Polish honorific = Jego Wielmożność XX. (“His Excellency the Most Reverend”)
• XX. = Roman numeral 20, traditional abbreviation for Reverendissimus (Most Reverend)
• Approved by the Bishop of Augsburg and Bishop of Brixen (Tyrol)
• Maker: Carl Poellath, Schrobhausen, Bavaria – Bavaria’s leading pre-WWI religious printer
Key Details:
• Date: c. 1890–1914 (Poellath’s religious period)
• Maker: Carl Poellath, Schrobhausen (near Augsburg)
• Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on smooth wove paper
• Mount: Original gold-flecked card matte
• Frame: Period wood with stylized carved edges (minor chips and damage wear, no inlay)
• Glass: Original, intact
• Size:approximately 6.5” x 5” overall (image ~4” x 2.75”)
• Back: Original wood panel with hanging eyes
• Condition:Good for age – light toning, no tears. Frame shows age-consistent wear. Lithograph is adhered to matte.
Historical Significance:
Carl Poellath was Bavaria’s premier maker of religious prints, medals, and badges before WWI. This piece served Polish-speaking Catholics in Silesia, Galicia, or Bavarian border parishes. After 1914, the firm pivoted to military badges (WWI & Third Reich), making pre-war religious prints like this extremely scarce.
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