Aleksander Lesser

1814–1884 · Poland

Aleksander Lesser (13 May 1814 – 13 March 1884) was a Polish painter, illustrator, sketch artist, art critic, and amateur researcher of antiquities. Lesser was Jewish, and became one of the first artists to depict scenes from modern Jewish history in Poland. Wikipedia

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Works

“Funeral of the Five Victims”, 1861 — National Museum in Kraków
“Knight in armour”, 1835 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Monk – pilgrim”, 1850 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Captives” — National Museum in Warsaw
“Dream of Gediminas about the Iron Wolf” — National Museum in Warsaw
“Portrait of the artist’s father, Levy Lesser”, 1850 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Death of Barbara Radziwiłł”, 1859 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Portrait of king Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632)”, 1860 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Patriotic manifestation at the square of the Old Town in 1861”, 1861 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Portrait of Julia née Bergson, artist’s wife” — National Museum in Warsaw
“Portrait of Friedrich Berg”, 1868 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Nude of the back of a reclining man”, 1837 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Portrait of Stephen Báthory”, 1846 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Youth of Bolesław the Wry-Mouthed”, 1850–1851 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Portrait of John II Casimir Vasa (1609–1672)”, 1850 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Portrait of Stefan Czarniecki (1599–1665)”, 1851 — National Museum in Warsaw
“Female nude (?).”, 1830s — National Museum in Warsaw
“St. Mary Magdalene” — National Museum in Warsaw