material: oil on canvas
dimensions: 72 x 57 cm
description: Having been crowned king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski paid attention to the portraying of the members of his family. Marcello Bacciarelli painted most of these works. The portrait of Ludwika Zamoyska, née Poniatowska, (1728–1804) depicts the king’s sister, the daughter of Stanisław Poniatowski, the voivode (governor) of the Masovia region, the castellan of Krakow, and Konstancja, née Czartoryska. In 1746, Ludwika married Jan Jakub Zamoyski, the voivode of the Podole region. Bacciarelli, the king’s favourite painter and the most distinguished portraitist working in Poland at the time, portrayed Ludwika Zamoyska in winter attire. The painting has the characteristic qualities of the painter’s works from the 1780s: it is painted smoothly, lightly, sketchily in some areas. It is marked by harmonious colours, dominated by one tone, namely olive green. Barbara Ciciora
exposition: The Gallery of 19th Century Polish Art in Sukiennice,
The Cloth Hall, 1, Main Market Square
key: Enlightenment >>>
dimensions: 72 x 57 cm
description: Having been crowned king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski paid attention to the portraying of the members of his family. Marcello Bacciarelli painted most of these works. The portrait of Ludwika Zamoyska, née Poniatowska, (1728–1804) depicts the king’s sister, the daughter of Stanisław Poniatowski, the voivode (governor) of the Masovia region, the castellan of Krakow, and Konstancja, née Czartoryska. In 1746, Ludwika married Jan Jakub Zamoyski, the voivode of the Podole region. Bacciarelli, the king’s favourite painter and the most distinguished portraitist working in Poland at the time, portrayed Ludwika Zamoyska in winter attire. The painting has the characteristic qualities of the painter’s works from the 1780s: it is painted smoothly, lightly, sketchily in some areas. It is marked by harmonious colours, dominated by one tone, namely olive green. Barbara Ciciora
exposition: The Gallery of 19th Century Polish Art in Sukiennice,
The Cloth Hall, 1, Main Market Square
key: Enlightenment >>>