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Historical Figures: Jozef Poniatowski, Zygmunt II August, Stephen Bathory / Historical Figure of Henryk Walezy

Stanislaw Wyspianski

  • Historical Figures: Jozef Poniatowski, Zygmunt II August, Stephen Bathory / Historical Figure of Henryk Walezy 2
  • Historical Figures: Jozef Poniatowski, Zygmunt II August, Stephen Bathory / Historical Figure of Henryk Walezy 3
Basic information
ID
Г-V-665/63а,б
Author
Stanislaw Wyspianski
Name
Historical Figures: Jozef Poniatowski, Zygmunt II August, Stephen Bathory / Historical Figure of Henryk Walezy
Date of creation
1900 (?)
Technique
drawing
Material
paper pencil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
30.8 x 21.5
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
a) This is a sketch of three human figures depicted without any facial features. The figure at the bottom, which is to the viewer’s left, is shown in a hussar uniform and in a high headdress. On his left shoulder there is an epaulette. The left hand is leaning on the sabre (?). Next to him there is a silhouette depicted in a high headdress and with a long mustache. The sketch of the clothes resembles a noble costume of the 17th century. b) This is a sketch of a human figure depicted without any facial features with a royal crown on his head and a sabre on the left side.

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