Jan Matejko

1838–1893 · Free City of Kraków

Jan Alojzy Matejko (24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. Wikipedia

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Huge, crowded scenes from Polish history, theatrical gestures, rich costumes and dense detail.

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Works

“Stańczyk”, 1862 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Battle of Grunwald”, 1878 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Rejtan”, 1866 — Royal Castle in Warsaw
“Prussian Homage”, 1879 — National Museum in Kraków
“Constitution of May 3, 1791”, 1891 — Royal Castle in Warsaw
“Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God”, 1873 — Jagiellonian University Museum
“Skarga's Sermon”, 1864 — National Museum in Warsaw
“The Hanging of the Sigismund bell at the Cathedral Tower in 1521 in Kraków”, 1874 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Stephen Báthory at Pskov”, 1872 — Royal Castle in Warsaw
“Union of Lublin”, 1869 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Jan Sobieski at Vienna”, 1883 — Vatican Museums
“Poland – The Year 1863”, 1864 — National Museum in Kraków
“Bohdan Khmelnytsky with Tugay Bey near Lviv.”, 1885 — National Museum in Warsaw
“1 April 1656 Oath by John II Casimir Vasa (historical subject)”, 1893 — National Museum in Wrocław
“Battle of Raclawice”, 1888 — National Museum in Kraków
“The poisoning of Queen Bona”, 1859 — National Museum in Kraków
“Introduction of Christianity in Poland”, 1889 — National Museum in Warsaw
“The Baptism of Lithuania”, 1888 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Boleslaw the Brave with Svyatopolk at the Golden Gate in Kiev”, 1884 — National Museum in Kraków
“Blind Veit Stoss with granddaughter”, 1865 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Alchemist Sendivogius”, 1867 — Museum of Art in Łódź
“Ivan the Terrible”, 1875 — National Museum in Kraków
“Wernyhora”, 1884 — National Museum in Kraków
“Jan Kochanowski over the dead body of his daughter, Urszulka”, 1862
“Reception of the Jews, from the series “History of Civilization in Poland””, 1889 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Rzeczpospolita Babińska”, 1881 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Twardowski conjuring the spirit of Barbara for Sigismund Augustus, sketch”, 1884 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Killing of Wapowski during the coronation of Henryk Walezy by Jan Matejko”, 1861 — Silesian Museum in Katowice
“Ostafi Daszkiewicz.”, 1874 — Silesian Museum in Katowice
“The Battle of Varna”, 1879 — Hungarian National Gallery
“Retaking of Rus. Wealth and Education, 1366 AD, from the series “History of Civilization in Poland””, 1888 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Sigismund Augustus and Barbara at the Radziwiłł court in Vilnius”, 1867 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Coronation of the First King, 1001 AD, from the series “History of Civilization in Poland””, 1889 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Students Leaving Krakow in 1549”, 1892 — National Museum in Kraków
“The Interior of the Tomb of King Casimir the Great”, 1869
“The Maid of Orléans”, 1886 — National Museum in Poznań
“Verdict on Matejko”, 1867 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Self-portrait”, 1892 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Anna Jagiellon (Against the Background of the Renaissance Tombstone of Stephen Báthory)”, 1858 — Jan Matejko House
“Castellan's Daughter” — National Museum in Kraków