Portrait of Hieronim Sieniawski

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Basic information

ID: Ж-4190
Author: unknown
Name: Portrait of Hieronim Sieniawski
Date of creation: after 1683
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 163 x 112

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Type: painting
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: The Bernardine church and monastery in Lviv Museum of Jan III Sobieski in Lviv

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Object description

Mikolaj Hieronim Sieniawski (1645–1683) – Grand Standard-Bearer of the Crown; crown marshal, voivode of Volyn, headman of Lviv and Rogatyn regions, crowned hetman of Poland. He was killed during the liberation of Vienna from the Turks, at the age of 38. The ceremonial representation depicts Hieronim Sieniawski standing against the drapery, almost in full height, in a canonical pose, three-quarters turned to the left next to the table, where the helmet with pink plume is lying. The figure emerges from a dull dark background wearing an antiqued costume, decorated with lion's heads and a red drapery clasped on his shoulder dominating the colour scheme. One hand of the man rests on the hilt of his sword, in the other, resting on a table, he holds a mace. On the right there is the coat of arms of "Leliwa" and an inscription testifying to the hetman's merits: "Illustrissimus/et/excellentissimus/ DN (?) Nicolaus Hieronymus AGRAN / Sieniawski / comes inszklow et mysz palatinus wolhyni / exercituum regni Poloniae campestri / dux / leopoliensis: gnalis rohatinensis piaste et / sannicensis et capitaneus / fundator / et / benefactor / noster / sinqularissimus/ aeviterna memoria dignus / post obtentam feliciter / auspiciis / serenissimi invictissimi Ioannis ІІІ/ poloniarum / regis / ex Barbara turcarum scytarum que coll / in bello ad viennam austve victorian / ad propria tendens / die XV mensis decembris Anno Salutis MDCLXX / aetatis vero suae xl. / luboulae / obiit".

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