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Historical Figures: Barbara Radziwill, Casimir the Great, Jadwiga, Francis I, Agnes Sorel

Stanislaw Wyspianski

  • Historical Figures: Barbara Radziwill, Casimir the Great, Jadwiga, Francis I, Agnes Sorel 2
Basic information
ID
Г-V-665/61
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Name
Historical Figures: Barbara Radziwill, Casimir the Great, Jadwiga, Francis I, Agnes Sorel
Date of creation
1900 (?)
Technique
drawing
Material
tracing paper pencil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
31.2 x 22.5
Additionally
Type
graphic art
Genre
portraiture
Provenance
Collection of Lviv City Gallery
Information about author
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Artist's lifetime
1869–1907
Biography
Stanislaw Wyspianski was born in 1869 in Krakow. He studied at the Jagiellonian University and Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He was a member of the Young Poland movement, and art editor of the weekly Życie (Life). Stanislaw Wyspianski is known as a playwright and poet, modernist painter, and designer. The artist died in November 1907. He was buried in Krakow.
Object description
These are schematic images of human figures without clearly depicted facial features, for which reason one cannot identify a historical character. In the upper part of the work there are two figures in royal crowns. In the lower right part of the work there is a profile of a woman, which is turned to the left from the viewer; she is dressed in a traditional medieval gown with a long border of a dress and a high hat. In front of her there is an indistinct figure that is leaning on a cane with his left hand. The figures in the upper row are depicted full face to the viewer.

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