Portrait of Karol Szaszkiewicz
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Basic information
- ID
- Ж-1447
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Portrait of Karol Szaszkiewicz
- Date of creation
- 1780s
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- canvas oil
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 54 x 42.5
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Genre
- portraiture
- Provenance
- Collection of Wiktor Baworowski
Information about author
Object description
Karol Szaszkiewicz was the husband of Justyna Zuzanna from the Dulski family. The portrait is paired with the picture of his wife, Justyna – the size and composition are identical. It is painted similarly on a dark background with an illuminated spot behind the figure. The work follows the traditions of ceremonial portraits. The figure of Karol is depicted in a formal pose, ¾ turned to the right, he is wearing a "Queue" ("tail") – fashionable in the eighteenth century male wig (with the hair combed to the back and tied in a tail with a black ribbon). The provincial artist executed the portrait in a restrained colour scheme, the accent of which is the blue of the man's overcoat, accentuated by a white shirt with a jabot. In his work, the author tried to follow European examples. In the portrait, the man is solemn and respectful rather than majestic and powerful, which is characteristic of earlier portraits.
Portrayed person
- The name of the person portrayed
- Karol Szaszkiewicz
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
