Portrait of Wiktoria Potocka
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Basic information
- ID
- Ж-6087
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Portrait of Wiktoria Potocka
- Date of creation
- 18th c.
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- canvas oil
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 79 x 62
Additionally
Information about author
Object description
Wiktoria Potocka of the Wisniowiecki family was the wife of Jozef Potocki, castellan of Krakow. The half-length image of a woman is executed in the tradition of secular portrait painting of the 18th century. The stylistic changes in the Ukrainian portraiture were in line with the trends in European painting. The image is devoid of static. There is much emotional colour and expression in the work. Wiktoria Potocka is depicted in elderly age, which the artist does not try to hide. The provincial artist painted the face of the older woman in detail and a planar manner. On the head, instead of a luxurious wig worn by young women, one can see a cap with a small red bow that matches a fur-lined cape. In the upper right corner of the portrait, there is an inscription: "Wiktoryia Z Wisniowieckich… Lesczynska zona IO Iozefa Potockiego Kasztelana Krakowskiego Hetmana Wielkego Koronnego".
Portrayed person
- The name of the person portrayed
- Wiktoria Potocka
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
