Collegium Novum
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The Collegium Novum is the Neo-Gothic historic main building of the Jagiellonian University located at 24 Gołębia Street in the Old Town of Kraków, Poland.
Jagiellonian University Collegium Novum, 1882 designed by Feliks Księżarski, 24 Gołębia street, Old Town, Krakow, Poland
Aula (Assembly hall)
Interior of the building
Night illumination of Collegium Novum
Jan Matejko
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Jan Alojzy Matejko was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale oil paintings such as
Collegium Novum
…and Władysław Jagiełło dating back to the early 1860s, a picture of Queen Jadwiga painted in 1900 to celebrate her Jubilee, as well as the works of Jan Matejko, including his painting entitled Copernicus: Conversation with God. The chairs in the assembly hall were designed by Tadeusz Stryjeński. On the upper…
Matejko, before 1883
Portrait of Matejko's father, Franciszek, and three of his children, 1853, National Museum, Wrocław
Matejko's family home at 41, Floriańska Street
Jan Matejko, Stańczyk, 1862, National Museum in Warsaw