Portrait of Karol Szaszkiewicz
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Basic information
- ID
- Ж-4893
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Portrait of Karol Szaszkiewicz
- Date of creation
- 18th c.
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- canvas oil
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 61.5 x 48.5
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Genre
- portraiture
- Provenance
- Collection of Wiktor Baworowski
Information about author
Object description
Karol Szaszkiewicz was the husband of Justyna Zuzanna from the Dulski family. Karol's figure is depicted in a solemn pose, turned three-quarters to the right, wearing a "Queue" ("tail") – fashionable in the 18th century male wig (with the hair combed to the back and tied in a tail with a black ribbon). The provincial artist executed the portrait in a restrained colour scheme, the accent of which is the blue of the man's overcoat, accentuated by a white shirt with a jabot. In his work, the author tried to follow European examples: in the portrait, the man is serious and respectful rather than majestic and powerful, which was characteristic of portraits of earlier periods. A similar portrait of Karol Szaszkiewicz exists in the collection of the Lviv National Art Gallery there is (Ж-1447).
Portrayed person
- The name of the person portrayed
- Karol Szaszkiewicz
