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Who painted it?
Who painted “Jan Kochanowski over the dead body of his daughter, Urszulka”?
“Jan Kochanowski over the dead body of his daughter, Urszulka” was painted by Jan Matejko in 1862.
Romanticism · Watercolor
What to look for
Jan Matejko: huge, crowded scenes from Polish history, theatrical gestures, rich costumes and dense detail.
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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