Bank of the San River in Chalupki (K. W. Kielisinski's Album)
Kajetan Kielisinski
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-1059_10
- Author
- Kajetan Kielisinski
- Name
- Bank of the San River in Chalupki (K. W. Kielisinski's Album)
- Technique
- etching
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.3 cm (height x width)
Additionally
- Type
- graphic art
- Genre
- landscape
- Provenance
- Transferred by the Lviv State Republican Historical Museum, 1951
Information about author
Object description
Kajetan Kielisiński created numerous etchings and drawings dedicated to folklore, the life of Polish villages and towns, historical monuments, and landscapes. In 1853, the Poznań publisher Jan Konstanty Żupański issued "Kielisiński's Album", gathering the artist's scattered works, most of which had remained unpublished during his lifetime. Two years later, in 1855, Żupański released a supplementary volume to complement the previous edition, which included etchings depicting coins and seals, figures in historical costumes, alongside rural and urban landscapes.
The presented etching belongs to the graphic sheets published within this 1855 supplement.
The sheet depicts a panoramic view of a small river winding into the depth of the composition. On the left rocky bank, three children are shown engaged in daily activities by the water. The presence of staffage figures enlivens the landscape and emphasises its spatial scale. The right bank is covered with dense vegetation. On the hill to the left, thatched roofs of village cottages can be discerned among the trees.
The artist employs fine parallel and cross-hatching, through which he masterfully renders the texture of the water, stones, soil, and foliage.
The presented etching belongs to the graphic sheets published within this 1855 supplement.
The sheet depicts a panoramic view of a small river winding into the depth of the composition. On the left rocky bank, three children are shown engaged in daily activities by the water. The presence of staffage figures enlivens the landscape and emphasises its spatial scale. The right bank is covered with dense vegetation. On the hill to the left, thatched roofs of village cottages can be discerned among the trees.
The artist employs fine parallel and cross-hatching, through which he masterfully renders the texture of the water, stones, soil, and foliage.
Inscriptions
Beneath the image, the artist's inscriptions read: on the left – "K. rys. z n. 1837." [Drawn from nature by K. 1837]; and on the right – "rob. aqf. 1838. 8. Mar. w Medyce" [Executed in etching. 8 March 1838 in Medyka].
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
