Paintings – Vilnius, 1771, altar – Vilnius, 1819–1830, angels – Vilnius, late 17 – early 18th c.

The processional altar belonged to the church of the Convent of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius. The Fraternity of the Rosary had been active since the 16th century and traditionally kept two altars dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary Rosary and the Holy Name of Jesus. The processional altar has images that match the titles of the altars in the church: on one side – the scene where a rosary is being given to St Dominic and St Catherine of Siena, and on the other – a composition symbolising the Holy Name of Jesus with the Infant Jesus above the initials IHS. At the bottom of the painting of the Holy Name of Jesus, it says that it was acquired on 1 October 1771 under the care of Father Marcelijus Gumkovskis. According to written sources, Fr. Gumkovskis, who was born in 1730, joined the Dominican monastery in 1754 and held the office of the Preacher General at the Lukiškės Monastery, and later at other provincial monasteries. In 1771, he may have held the office of the Preacher General and Rosary promoter at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. By his request, a rococo style painting by a professional painter was most likely used to adorn the processional altar at the time, and was moved to a new tin-covered retable in the first half of the 19th century.