Portrait of Ludwik Wictoryn Wereszczynski
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Basic information
- ID
- Ж-4623
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Portrait of Ludwik Wictoryn Wereszczynski
- Date of creation
- 18th c.
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- canvas oil
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 80 x 65
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Genre
- portraiture
- Provenance
- the Rzewuski collection (Pidhirtsi Castle)
Information about author
Object description
Ludwik Wictoryn Wereszczynski (?–1762) was a castellan of Lublin, a judge of Chelm, and a pantler in Krasnystaw. Starting from 1768, the portrait was mentioned in the inventory records of the Pidhirtsi Castle. The painting was in the chapel for some time; later it was moved to the Dining Hall where it remained until 1939. Against a neutral dark background, there is a clear figure of a man in a red delia (a garment worn by male nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) on top of a dark blue zhupan. A haughty posture, a piercing look from under thick eyebrows, a high forehead with fashionable shaved hair emphasize that this is a strong-willed and confident nobleman. On the back of the painting there is an inscription: "Wereszczynski | kasztelan Lubelski | zenil Stan. Chor. Lit. | z Radziwillowna".
Portrayed person
- The name of the person portrayed
- Ludwik Wictoryn Wereszczynski
- Lifetime of the person portrayed
- ?–1762
