Jan Matejko
Jan Matejko
(1838–1893) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Description | Polish painter | ||
Date of birth/death |
24 June 1838 / 30 July 1838 ![]() |
1 November 1893 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Free City of Kraków | Kraków | |
Work location |
Vienna; Paris; Munich ![]() | ||
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Paintings and drawings by Jan Matejko (1838-1893), a prominent Polish painter.
Historical events[edit]
- Babin Republic
1881, 96 × 200 cm (37.7 × 78.7 in), National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)
1874, 94 × 189 cm (37 × 74.4 in), National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)- Stefan Batory at Pskow
oil on canvas, 1872, 322 × 512 cm (10.5 × 16.7 ft), Royal Castle in Warsaw (ZKW)
- Sobieski Sending Message of Victory to the Pope, after the w:Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683
oil on canvas, 1880, 58 × 100 cm (22.8 × 39.3 in), National Museum in Kraków
- Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683
oil on canvas, 1883, 458 × 894 cm (15 × 29.3 ft), Vatican Museums
- Battle of Racławice during the Kościuszko Uprising
oil on canvas, 1888, 465 × 879 cm (15.2 × 28.8 ft), National Museum in Kraków
- Assassination of King Przemysł II
1875 - King Ladislaus the Elbow-high breaking off agreements with the Teutonic Knights at Brześć Kujawski
1879, 33.5 × 39.5 cm (13.1 × 15.5 in), National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) - Baptism of Władysław III of Poland 18.02.1425
1881, 112 × 166 cm (44 × 65.3 in), National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) - Founding of the Lubrański Academy in Poznań
- Death of Sigismund II Augustus at Knyszyn, 6 July 1572
oil on canvas, 1886, National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)
- Shuyski's Tsars brought by Zólkiewski to the Sejm in Warsaw before Zygmunt III, Dimitriads, 1610
oil on canvas, 1853, 75.5 × 108 cm (29.7 × 42.5 in), National Museum, Wrocław
- Russian Tsar Vasili IV compelled to knee before Polish King Sigismund III Vasa at Sejm in Warsaw, 1610
oil on canvas, 1892, 42 × 63 cm (16.5 × 24.8 in)
- Alchemist Michał Sędziwój
oil on cardboard , 1867, 73 × 130 cm (28.7 × 51.1 in), Museum of Arts in Łódź - Oath of w:John II Casimir John Casimir, taken in 1655, during The Deluge
oil on canvas, 1893, 315 × 500 cm (10.3 × 16.4 ft), National Museum, Wrocław
- Wedding of Sviatopolk I of Kiev and daughter of Bolesław I the Brave. Jan Matejko (1982), 1892
oil on canvas - Władysław the White in Dijon
1867 - Blind Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) with his granddaughter
oil on canvas, 1865, 155.5 × 140 cm (61.2 × 55.1 in), National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)
- Sigismund Augustus and Barbara at the Radziwiłł court in Vilnius
1867, 127 × 107 cm (50 × 42.1 in), National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)
1857- Wernyhora
1882, 290 × 204 cm (114.1 × 80.3 in), National Museum in Kraków - Armor of Stefan Batory
1872
Cycle ”History of Civilization in Poland”[edit]
- Coronation of the first King of Poland, Bolesław Chrobry in 1025
oil on canvas, 1889, 71 × 105 cm (27.9 × 41.3 in), Royal Castle in Warsaw (ZKW)
- Reception of the Jews A.D. 1096
1889, 76 × 112 cm (29.9 × 44 in), Royal Castle in Warsaw (ZKW)
Religious[edit]
- (Cardboard for polychrome to St. Mary's Church)Angel playing the harp
watercolor , 1895, 128.5 × 117 cm (50.5 × 46 in) - (Cardboard for polychrome to St. Mary's Church)Angel on ghotic finial
watercolor , 1889, 225 × 203 cm (88.5 × 79.9 in) - (Cardboard for polychrome to St. Mary's Church)Angel with bagpipe
watercolor on paper , 137 × 125 cm (53.9 × 49.2 in)
- The Maid of Orleans (Joan of Arc)
1886
Allegory[edit]
Portraits[edit]
Matejko family[edit]
- Theodore of Giebułtowskich Matejko in wedding dress
1879, 130 × 106.5 cm (51.1 × 41.9 in), National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) - Portrait of artist's children: Tadeusz, Helena and Beata
1870, 127.5 × 160 cm (50.1 × 62.9 in), National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)
Female portraits[edit]
Male portraits[edit]
Other paintings[edit]
- Verdict on Matejko
1867, 56 × 45 cm (22 × 17.7 in), National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)
Paintings lost or destroyed during World War II[edit]
Paintings details[edit]
- Battle of Grunwald, detail: Vytautas the Great
- Batory at Pskov, detail: Stanisław Żółkiewski
- Battle of Varna
58 × 92 cm (22.8 × 36.2 in), Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts