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Portrait of Jan Matejko

author: Dębicki, Stanisław (1866-1924)

date: before 1907

place of creation: Poland

object type: picture / painting

material: panel

technique: oil

dimensions: H 36 x W 30.2 cm (in frame: H 58.7 x W 51.8 cm)

to 1907

Toepfer, Szymon Michał (1863-1927) – councillor of Lviv, restaurateur, composer, collector,

Lviv (Ukraine),

property

1907-1940

National Gallery of the city of Lviv,

Lviv (Ukraine),

property, III 167

Microworlds. Small-Format Paintings from the Collection of the National Museum in Wrocław, National Museum in Wrocław, Main Building, 09.12.2025 - 22.03.2026

Houszka, Ewa, Łukaszewicz, Piotr, Malarstwo polskie od baroku do modernizmu, Wrocław 2013, seria Katalog zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu, s. 46, kat. 84, il.
Malarstwo polskie XVII-XIX w. Obrazy olejne, red. Piotr Łukaszewicz, Wrocław 1992, seria Katalogi zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu, s. 63, kat. 71
Anna Jezierska, Małgorzata Macura, Mikroświaty. Obrazy w małych formatach ze zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu, Wrocław 2025, s. 80

provenance: 1948, transfer

on display: temporary exhibition, 2nd floor, room 200, Main Building

National Museum in Wrocław Department of Painting 16th–19th c.

inventory number: MNWr VIII-44

copyrights to object: PUBLIC DOMAIN

permalink: https://muzeumcyfrowe.mnwr.pl/en/exhibit/p/mnwr_viii-44

The portrait is based on the photograph of Jan Matejko taken at the atelier of Julian Mien and reproduced as a postcard in 1901. Using photographs as reference was a common practice among painters, not excluding the period’s most distinguished artists, like the Gierymski brothers Maksymilian and Aleksander.

person depicted: Matejko, Jan (1838-1893) – painter

Portrait of Jan Matejko

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