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Knight and Muse

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Ж-3770
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Knight and Muse
Date of creation: 1903
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 49 x 75

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: Collection of E. Hromskyi
Exposition: Lozinski Palace

Information about author

Author: Jacek Malczewski
Artist's lifetime: 1854–1929
Biography: Jacek Malczewski (July 14, 1854, Radom, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire – October 8, 1929, Krakow, Republic of Poland) was an outstanding artist and one of the most prominent representatives of Polish Symbolism. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, where his teacher was Jan Matejko. The artist participated in an archeological expedition to Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Greece, which was organized by Count Karol Lanckoronski. He also visited Munich and Italy. Jacek Malczewski was one of the founders of the art union "Sztuka" ("Art"). The artist's creative heritage includes landscapes and portraiture, symbolic compositions, interpretations of religious themes, and numerous self-portraits in various images.

Object description

This is a bust-length portrait of a mustachioed man dressed in a suit of knightly armor. In his right hand, he holds a stick with a coat of arms, on which the figure of a woman with raised hands sitting on an animal (bear?) is depicted. There is an image of a crown with a cross above them. To the right of the man there is a portrait of a woman with bare breasts. She has a wreath of flowers with ribbons of yellow, blue, and green colors flying in the wind. The woman holds a lyre in her hands.

Inscriptions

There is an author's inscription on the left hand of the knight "Jacek Malczewski 1903".

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