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Male Portrait

Wincenty de Lesseur (Lesserowicz)

Basic information

ID: Г-III-213
Author: Wincenty de Lesseur (Lesserowicz)
Name: Male Portrait
Date of creation: 1802
Technique: painting
Material: ivory gouache
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 5.7 x 4.5

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Wincenty de Lesseur (Lesserowicz)
Artist's lifetime: 1745–1813
Country: Poland
Biography: Wincenty de Lesseur (Lesserowicz) was a Polish artist and miniaturist. He studied painting in the art workshop at the Royal Palace in Warsaw, established by Marcello Bacciarelli. During a brief stay in Vienna, he worked with Heinrich Fuger. His primary patron and commissioner was the last Polish King, Stanislaw August Poniatowski. After 1787, Wincenty de Lesseur served as a chamberlain at the court. He was renowned for his ability to create watercolour and gouache miniatures on ivory. In addition to portraits of the King, he painted portraits of other European monarchs, national heroes, artists, scholars, aristocratic families, and their friends. He also created miniatures based on the works of Bacciarelli, Joseph Grassi, and Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder.

Object description

On a grey background is a bust image of an elderly man presented in a three-quarter view facing to the left, with his gaze directed at the viewer. He is wearing a grey wig, and his face is clean-shaven. He is dressed in a purple garment with a standing collar, underneath which a white jabot is visible. His neck is adorned with a white tie. A wide blue ribbon is draped over his left shoulder. On the right side of his attire is the Order of the Star, and another order is suspended on a yellow ribbon on his chest.

Inscriptions

At the bottom left, there are the author's initials: W. L / 1802

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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