Sarmatism was an ethno-cultural identity within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was the dominant Baroque culture and ideology of the nobility that existed in the time from the Renaissance to th
Stanisław Antoni Szczuka in Sarmatian attire, wearing a kontusz
Sarmatian-style Karacena armor
Politically influential Elżbieta Sieniawska, in Sarmatist pose and male delia coat
Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł, the most prominent nobleman of his times and a representative of Sarmatism.
A coffin portrait was a realistic portrait of the deceased person put on coffins for the funeral and one of the elements of the castrum doloris, but removed before the burial. It became a tradition to
Coffin portrait of Jan Gniewosz, c. 1700, oil on tin plate. Signature: I.[an] G.[niewosz] N.[a] O.[oleksowie] K.[asztelan] C.[zchowski] English: Jan Gniewosz [lord] of Oleksów, castellan of Czchów
Coffin portraits in the National Museum in Warsaw
Coffin portraits on display at Poznań Cathedral, painters unknown.
Coffin portrait of Barbara Lubomirska, 1676.