Collection

Bacchante

Jacek Malczewski

Basic information

ID: Ж-2247
Author: Jacek Malczewski
Name: Bacchante
Date of creation: 1907
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: cardboard
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 80.5 x 64.5

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: portraiture mythological painting
Provenance: the Lubomirski collection
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 portrait of a woman in the image of a bacchanal. She sits in a laurel wreath with one bare breast; a fragment of the wing (like the one of a butterfly) is visible behind her on the right.

Inscriptions

At the top left there is an author's inscription and date "J. Malczewski 1907".

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