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Portrait of Jan Malachowski

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Basic information

ID: Ж-6118
Author: unknown
Name: Portrait of Jan Malachowski
Date of creation: 18th c.
Country: Flanders
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions: 76.9 x 64.5 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: the Potocki-Sadowski collection (Chortkiv Castle)

Information about author

Author: unknown

Object description

The portrait depicts Jan Malachowski (1698–1762), a statesman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Grand Chancellor of the Crown, senator, Grand Stolnik of the Crown, and an elder. He was the son of Stanislaw Malachowski and his wife Anna Constantia of the Lubomirski family. In the records of the Lviv National Art Gallery, the portrait is listed as the image of Jozef Malachowski. Based on the engraving and given the inscription, V. Tokarska made the attribution that it is Jan Malachowski, as Józef wasn't the Grand Chancellor of the Crown. The portrayal of Malachowski is characterized by flat treatment of the image. The face, executed with emphasized completeness, has a lively look. Barely visible blush, black bushy eyebrows, curled moustache, fashionably shaved head, red cape over his knights’ armour – all together give an impression of manly elegance. The inscription in the upper corner of the portrait reads: «МАLACHOWSKI | KANCLERZ WIELKI | KORONNY».

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