Korwin is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Russian Counts Korwin-Litwicki tracing their origin back to Empress Catherine the Great.
Coat of arms of Matthias Corvinus in Olomouc, Moravia
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus was a Roman general, author, and patron of literature and art.
The triumph of Corvinus in the pediment of the Krasiński Palace in Warsaw
Print of the Roman General, made by Hendrick Goltzius.
The so-called Apotheosis of Claudius, the top part of an Augustan-era funerary monument that may once have contained Corvinus' funerary urn. Found in a country villa at Marino once owned by C. Valerius Paulinus, a descendant of Corvinus, it is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.