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Three Angels with Tobias

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Ж-457
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Three Angels with Tobias
Date of creation: 1906
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: cardboard
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 32.2 x 24.4

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: religious painting
Plot: Three angels with Tobias
Provenance: Collection of Ukrainian National Museum in Lviv
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

The road is depicted in a wheat field with village huts in the distance; four figures depicted from the back walk on it. These are three archangels with wings and their attributes, namely Raphael with a staff, Michael with a sword, and Gabriel with a branch of white flowers. Archangel Raphael holds the hand of a boy (Tobias) carrying a fish.

Inscriptions

At the top right there is an author's inscription and date "J. Malczewski 1906".

Three Angels with Tobias

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