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Portrait of Ignacy Potocki

Ostap Biliavskyi

Basic information

ID: Ж-6222
Author: Ostap Biliavskyi
Name: Portrait of Ignacy Potocki
Date of creation: 1790
Country: Kingdom of Poland (?)
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions: 54 x 42.5 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: Lviv Historical Museum

Information about author

Author: Ostap Biliavskyi
Author in the original: Ostap (Eustachy) Biliavskyi
Artist's lifetime: 1740–1803
Country: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, now Ukraine
Biography: Ostap (Eustachy) Biliavskyi (1740–1803) was a Ukrainian artist who worked in Western Ukraine. He is known for portrait paintings and religious artworks. He was born in the village of Horodyshche near Berezhany. In the 1760s, Ostap studied at the Academy of St. Luke in Rome. The artist lived and worked in Lviv after 1771. He executed numerous commissioned portraits of burgers. In the late 1790s and early 1800s, he created a gallery of portraits of Armenian archbishops. In addition to portrait painting, Ostap Biliavskyi was engaged in monumental painting. A significant collection of works by Ostap Biliavskyi has been preserved nowadays.

Object description

Ignacy Potocki (1750–1809) was a Polish count, diplomat, statesman, politician, Grand Marshal of Lithuania, and Great Clerk of Lithuania. The thoughtful and severe image of Potocki, painted with light colours, is depicted on a neutral background. The man's face is calm and attentive, and his clothing is detailed. The artist managed to express the character of Ignacy Potocki. A masterful depiction of the individual features of the portrayed people characterises Ostap Biliavskyi's works.

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