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
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
Battle of Grunwald (Matejko)
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The Battle of Grunwald is a painting by Jan Matejko depicting the Battle of Grunwald and the victory of the allied Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania over the Teutonic Order i
Jan Matejko
…large scale oil paintings such as Stańczyk (1862), Rejtan (1866), Union of Lublin (1869), Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God (1873), or Battle of Grunwald (1878). He was the author of numerous portraits, a gallery of Polish monarchs in book form, and murals in St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków. He is considered…
Jan Matejko, Bitwa pod Grunwaldem
The Battle of Grunwald displayed in the National Museum in Warsaw
Prussian Homage. National Museum in Kraków
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