Prince Jerzy Ossoliński h. Topór was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), Crown Court Treasurer from 1632, governor (voivode) of Sandomierz from 1636, Reichsfürst since 1634, Crown Deputy Chancellor from 1639, Great Crown Chancellor from 1643, sheriff (starost) of Bydgoszcz (1633), Lubomel (1639), Puck and Bolim (1647), magnate, politician, statesman and diplomat. Famous for being extensively educated, he was a skillful politician and a persuasive public speaker.
Prince Ossoliński by Bartholomeus Strobel
Ossoliński Palace (left) and Kazanowski Palace (right) in Warsaw. They were both plundered and burned down by Swedes and Germans of Brandenburg in 1650s.
Topór is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta (noble) families in medieval Poland and under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Portrait of Jerzy Ossoliński with coat of arms in upper left
Portrait of Franciszek Maksymilian Ossolinski with coat of arms on the shield (right bottom corner)
Portrait of Jan Zbigniew Ossolinski with coat of arms in upper right
The epitaph of Jan Kanty Tarło (1790-1855) in Szczaworyż, Church of St. James