Ars Homo Erotica
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Head of a nude man lying by Edward Brzozowski, ca. 1830, National Library in Warsaw. #head #nude #man #lying #artinpl #edwardbrzozowski #homoerotic #nationallibraryinwarsaw #warsaw
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A male torso of the Apollo Lykeios type by Anonymous from Rome after Praxiteles, 2nd century AD, National Museum in Warsaw. #male #torso #apollo #lykeios #rome #praxiteles #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #marble
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Detail of Saint Sebastian by Anonymous from Lombardy, first quarter of the 16th century, National Museum in Poznań. © Marcin Latka #detail #saintsebastian #lombardy #artinpl #nationalmuseuminpoznan #poznan #tempera
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Detail of Lamentation of Christ by Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, 1540s, National Museum in Poznań. From the collection of Atanazy Raczyński. #detail #lamentationofchrist #sermoneta #artinpl #nationalmuseuminpoznań #poznan #oil #tempera #wood #renaissancepainting #malebody
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Detail of Acts of Mercy by Simon de Vos, 1635, National Museum in Warsaw. #detail #actsofmercy #simondevos #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #burying #deceased #burial #interment #disposition #dead #pestilence #plague #pandemic #war #flemishpainting
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Detail Sacra Conversazione with Saint Sebastian by Palma Vecchio, 1516-1518, National Museum in Poznań. In 1834 in the collection of the Wilanów Palace in Warsaw. Deposit of the Poznań Society of Friends of Learning. #sacraconversazione #palmavecchio #nationalmuseuminpoznan #wilanow #warsaw #artinpl #wood #renaissancepainting
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Academic study of a male torso by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1801, National Museum in Warsaw. #academic #study #maletorso #jeanaugustedominiqueingres #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #drawing #nude
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Detail of Flagellation of Christ by Alessandro Turchi, first quarter of the 17th century, National Museum in Poznań. Painted on slate. © Marcin Latka #detail #flagellation #alessandroturchi #artinpl #nationalmuseuminpoznan #poznan #oil #slate
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Detail of Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian by Cecco del Caravaggio, ca. 1610-1620, National Museum in Warsaw. Displayed during 2010 temporary exhibition of homoerotic art "Ars Homo Erotica" in the National Museum in Warsaw. #detail #martyrdom #saintsebastian #ceccodelcaravaggio #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #baroque #gloves
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A male torso of the Richelieu Hermes type by Anonymous from Rome after Lysippos, turn of the 1st and 2nd century AD, National Museum in Warsaw. #male #torso #richelieu #hermes #rome #lysippos #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #marble
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Detail of portrait of two women by Anonymous from Germany, 1830s, National Museum in Warsaw. #detail #portrait #twowomen #germany #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw
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Portrait of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony by circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1510s, Kórnik Castle. In 1522, Emperor Charles V proposed engagement of Hedwig Jagiellon, the eldest daughter of Sigismund I, king of Poland with John Frederick, heir to the Saxon throne and Frederick the Wise's nephew, as elector, most probably homosexual in relationship with Degenhart Pfäffinger, remained unmarried. #portrait #elector #saxony #artinpl #lucascranach #gay #kornikcastle…
Enlightened magnates
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Jupiter tonans by Anonymous from Rome, first half of the first century AD, National Museum in Warsaw. Purchased by Izabela Lubomirska the Blue Marquise (1733-1816) in Rome between 1785 and 1786. #jupitertonans #rome #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #marble #sculpture #eagle
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Detail of portrait of Izabela Ogińska, née Lasocka with a dog by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, ca. 1795-1800, Museum of Warsaw. #detail #portrait #elisabethvigéelebrun #artinpl #elisabethvigeelebrun #warsaw #spitz #pomeranian
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Portrait of an old lady by Kazimierz Wojniakowski, 1806, District Museum in Toruń. #portrait #oldlady #kazimierzwojniakowski #artinpl #torun #districtmuseumintorun
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Detail of portrait of Helena Radziwiłł née Przeździecka by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1802-1805, National Museum in Warsaw. #detail #portrait #helenaradziwill #przezdziecka #elisabethvigeelebrun #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw
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Detail of portrait of an old lady by Kazimierz Wojniakowski, 1806, District Museum in Toruń. #detail #portrait #oldlady #kazimierzwojniakowski #artinpl #torun #districtmuseumintorun
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Detail of portrait of Helena Radziwiłł née Przeździecka by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1802-1805, National Museum in Warsaw. #detail #portrait #helenaradziwill #przezdziecka #elisabethvigeelebrun #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw
Medieval Pomerania
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Silver-gilt St. George's reliquary from Elbląg by Anonymous (Bernt Notke in Lübeck?), ca. 1475, Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin. The reliquary, holding a capsule for the presentation of the relic in its pedestal, belonged to the St. George’s Brotherhood in Elbląg, it was found in a niche of the church of Saint George in Elbląg, where it had been walled in 1564. © Marcin Latka #silver #gilt #george #reliquary #elblag #lubeck #capsule #relic #pedestal #brotherhood #artinpl #museum #berlin
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Detail of Christ Crowned with Thorns from the Grudziądz Polyptych by circle of Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece, ca. 1390, National Museum in Warsaw. Detail showing medieval undergarment (boxerbriefs), light blue chausses and damask cotehardie. © Marcin Latka #detail #crowned #thorns #grudziadzpolyptych #circle #master #tebonaltarpiece #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #wittingau #blackman #medieval #undergarments #boxerbriefs #chausses #silk #damask #cotehardie
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Fragment of silver-gilt St. George's reliquary from Elbląg by Anonymous (Bernt Notke in Lübeck?), ca. 1475, Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin. The reliquary, holding a capsule for the presentation of the relic in its pedestal, belonged to the St. George’s Brotherhood in Elbląg, it was found in a niche of the church of Saint George in Elbląg, where it had been walled in 1564. © Marcin Latka #silver #gilt #george #reliquary #elblag #lubeck #capsule #relic #pedestal #brotherhood #artinpl…
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Reliquary diptych of Thile von Lorich by Anonymous from Elbląg, 1388, Polish Army Museum. #reliquary #diptych #thilevonlorich #elblag #polisharmymuseum #teutonicknights #jagiello #enamel #gilt #silver
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Silver-gilt St. George's reliquary from Elbląg by Anonymous (Bernt Notke in Lübeck?), ca. 1480, Museum of Art and Design in Hamburg. The reliquary, holding a capsule for the presentation of the relic in its pedestal, previously owned by the St. George’s Brotherhood in Elbląg (Elbing). #silver #gilt #artinpl #saintgeorge #reliquary #elblag #berntnotke #lubeck #hamburg #dragon
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Reliquary diptych of Thile von Lorich by Anonymous from Elbląg, 1388, Polish Army Museum. #reliquary #diptych #thilevonlorich #elblag #polisharmymuseum #teutonicknights #jagiello #enamel #gilt #silver
Ossoliński Palace in Warsaw
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Portrait of Jerzy Ossoliński by circle of Bartholomäus Strobel, 1630s, Camaldolese Hermit Monastery in Kraków-Bielany. #portrait #jerzy #ossolinski #circle #bartholomaus #strobel #camaldolese #hermit #monastery #artinpl #krakow #bielany
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Reconstruction design for the garden facade of the Ossoliński Palace in Warsaw by Tylman Gamerski, ca. 1681, University of Warsaw Library. The mannerist palace was reconstructed in baroque style between 1681-1696 by Tylman Gamerski and Giovanni Bellotti for Prince Józef Karol Lubomirski, grandson of Chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński. #ossolinskipalace #warsaw #17thcentury #artinpl #drawing #architecture
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Detail of Entry of Jerzy Ossoliński into Rome in 1633, attributed to Stefano della Bella, after 1643, Wawel Royal Castle. #detail #entry #jerzyossolinski #rome #stefanodellabella #artinpl #krakow #wawel #polishcostume #horseback #dwarf #embassy #envoy
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Fragment of horse tack of Samuel Oskierko by Anonymous from Poland, before 1633, Polish Army Museum. It belonged to a member of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's legation to Rome in 1633, lead by Jerzy Ossoliński. #fragment #horse #tack #samueloskierko #poland #polisharmymuseum #legation #rome #jerzyossolinski #artinpl #warsaw #silverthread #velvet #silk #mounted #wood #gilt #grenade #karneol
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Detail of Entry of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's embassy of Jerzy Ossoliński into Rome by Anonymous, after 1633, Kórnik Castle. © Marcin Latka #17thcentury #artinpl #polishcostume
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Silver-ebony altar in the Chapel of Black Madonna of Częstochowa founded by chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński in Jan Dionizy Łobżyński's "Dies natalis abo panegyrik kościelny" by Monogrammist SNA in Kraków, 1650, Jasna Góra Monastery. The altar founded in 1645 by Ossoliński was created by Giovanni Battista Gisleni and Johann Christian Bierpfaff in Warsaw and completed with some elements of original silver altar commissioned by Sigismund III Vasa in Augsburg in 1623. #print #artinpl #17thcentury
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Agate intaglio with Madonna and Child in gold mount given by King Ladislaus IV Vasa to Chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński by Anonymous from Italy, turn of the 16th and 17th century (intaglio) and 1740s (frame), National Museum in Warsaw. © Marcin Latka #agate #intaglio #madonna #gold #mount #italy #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #king #ladislaus #vasa #chancellor #ossolinski
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Anna and Stephen Báthory
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Cross on a chain of Anna Jagiellon by Anonymous from Poland, second half of the 16th century, Czartoryski Museum. From the so-called "Royal Casket", lost during World War II. #cross #chain #annajagiellon #artinpl #poland #royalcasket #czartoryski #gold #sapphires
Archaic Poland
Augustus II and Augustus III
Bronze busts of Sigismund III Vasa and Constance of Austria
Crown jewels of Poland
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Portrait of Stephen Bathory by Andreas Riehl the Younger, ca. 1600, National Museum in Wrocław. The king was depicted with a set of crown jewels commissioned by him in about 1584 in Gdańsk after Willem van den Blocke's design. Museum of Prints and Drawings (Kupferstichkabinett) in Berlin holds a preparatory drawing for the crown with van den Blocke's signature. © Marcin Latka #portrait #stephen #bathory #andreasriehl #younger #nationalmuseuminwroclaw #artinpl #crownjewels #crown
Dukes of Pomerania
Dukes of Silesia
Fryderyk Chopin
January Uprising
Jewels of the Polish Vasas
John III Sobieski
Katarzyna Potocka
Kazanowski Palace in Warsaw
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Detail of View of Warsaw with the Radziejowski (Kazanowski) Palace by Erik Dahlbergh, 1656, National Library of Sweden. Detail of original drawing with inscriptions in German, which was later published in Paris by Nicolas Pérelle in 1696. © Marcin Latka #detail #view #warsaw #radziejowski #kazanowski #palace #artinpl #erikdahlbergh
Bacchus, god of wine
Silver-gilt table-ornament in the shape of Bacchus siting on a wine barrel by Meinrad Bauch the Elder in Nuremberg, 1590-1602, British Museum. Acquired by Baron Anselm Rothschild before 1838. Similar, larger, silver wine vessel of 150 litres on wheels was described in the Kazanowski Palace in Warsaw, in Adam Jarzębski's "Short Description of Warsaw" from 1643. Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum. #mannerism #artinpl #winevessel
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A leaf from Adam Jarzębski's "Short Description of Warsaw" from 1643, Kórnik Library. Page with description of Palace of Crown Court Marshal Adam Kazanowski. #kazanowskipalace #baroquepalace #17thcentury #1640s #artinpl #polishlanguage
Last Polish Jagiellons
Lubomirski family
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Detail of Portrait of Anna Lubomirska née Branicka by Anonymous from Poland, ca. 1620, National Museum in Warsaw. The wife of Sebastian Lubomirski was portraied dressed according to Polish / Spanish fashion (inspired by the Spanish 16th-century saya). Detail with a table clock, most probably created in Poland. #detail #portrait #annalubomirska #branicka #poland #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #oil #canvas #tableclock
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Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski by Mathias van Somer, 1658, National Museum in Warsaw. © Marcin Latka #lubomirski #mathiasvansomer #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #artinpl #print
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(1) Portrait of Teresa Lubomirska (1685-1712) by Jan Frans van Douven, ca. 1695, Uffizi Gallery in Florence, (2) Miniature of Teresa Lubomirska by Jan Frans van Douven, ca. 1695, Berchtesgaden Royal Castle, commissioned by John William, Elector Palatine. #17thcentury #portrait #artinpl #1690s
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Lubomirski Palace in Puławy by Tylman Gamerski from the Marsellius Sketchbook, ca. 1671, Danish National Art Library in Copenhagen. #lubomirski #palace #pulawy #tylman #gamerski #artinpl #marsellius #sketchbook #danish #national #art #library #copenhagen
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Gold medal with bust of Anna Lubomirska née Branicka by Anonymous, 1630, Ossolineum. The medal was commissioned by Anna's son Stanisław Lubomirski, voivode of Kraków. © Marcin Latka #goldmedal #bust #annalubomirska #ossolineum #stanislawlubomirski #voivode #krakow #artinpl #archangelmichael #archangel
Medieval Poland
Medieval Silesia
Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki
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Pendant - a devant de corsage filgree brooch set with pearls in the shape of a double-headed eagle of the House of Austria by Anonymous from Spain (?), fourth quarter of the 17th century, Museum of Applied Arts in Poznań. #filgree #brooch #pearls #artinpl #eagle #appliedarts #poznan
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Portrait of Eleanor Maria Josepha of Austria by Anonymous, 1670s, Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano. The features are more close to those of Queen of Poland than to Christina, Queen of Sweden. Similar coat was depicted in Eleanor Maria Josepha's portrait by Charles Brendel from 1684. Identification by Marcin Latka (Artinpl). #17thcentury #artinpl #1670sfashion #crown #orb #baroque #painting
Polish carpets
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Cross on a chain of Anna Jagiellon by Anonymous from Poland, second half of the 16th century, Czartoryski Museum. From the so-called "Royal Casket", lost during World War II. #cross #chain #annajagiellon #artinpl #poland #royalcasket #czartoryski #gold #sapphires
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Portrait of Jerzy Ossoliński by circle of Bartholomäus Strobel, 1630s, Camaldolese Hermit Monastery in Kraków-Bielany. #portrait #jerzy #ossolinski #circle #bartholomaus #strobel #camaldolese #hermit #monastery #artinpl #krakow #bielany
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Reconstruction design for the garden facade of the Ossoliński Palace in Warsaw by Tylman Gamerski, ca. 1681, University of Warsaw Library. The mannerist palace was reconstructed in baroque style between 1681-1696 by Tylman Gamerski and Giovanni Bellotti for Prince Józef Karol Lubomirski, grandson of Chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński. #ossolinskipalace #warsaw #17thcentury #artinpl #drawing #architecture
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Detail of Entry of Jerzy Ossoliński into Rome in 1633, attributed to Stefano della Bella, after 1643, Wawel Royal Castle. #detail #entry #jerzyossolinski #rome #stefanodellabella #artinpl #krakow #wawel #polishcostume #horseback #dwarf #embassy #envoy
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Fragment of horse tack of Samuel Oskierko by Anonymous from Poland, before 1633, Polish Army Museum. It belonged to a member of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's legation to Rome in 1633, lead by Jerzy Ossoliński. #fragment #horse #tack #samueloskierko #poland #polisharmymuseum #legation #rome #jerzyossolinski #artinpl #warsaw #silverthread #velvet #silk #mounted #wood #gilt #grenade #karneol
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Detail of Entry of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's embassy of Jerzy Ossoliński into Rome by Anonymous, after 1633, Kórnik Castle. © Marcin Latka #17thcentury #artinpl #polishcostume
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Silver-ebony altar in the Chapel of Black Madonna of Częstochowa founded by chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński in Jan Dionizy Łobżyński's "Dies natalis abo panegyrik kościelny" by Monogrammist SNA in Kraków, 1650, Jasna Góra Monastery. The altar founded in 1645 by Ossoliński was created by Giovanni Battista Gisleni and Johann Christian Bierpfaff in Warsaw and completed with some elements of original silver altar commissioned by Sigismund III Vasa in Augsburg in 1623. #print #artinpl #17thcentury
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Agate intaglio with Madonna and Child in gold mount given by King Ladislaus IV Vasa to Chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński by Anonymous from Italy, turn of the 16th and 17th century (intaglio) and 1740s (frame), National Museum in Warsaw. © Marcin Latka #agate #intaglio #madonna #gold #mount #italy #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw #king #ladislaus #vasa #chancellor #ossolinski
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Saint Francis in Ecstacy by Guido Reni, first quarter of the 17th century, Louvre Museum. The painting was offered by Camillo Pamphili to Louis XIV of France in 1665. Similar painting, most probably by Guido Reni, was described in the chapel of the Villa Regia Palace in Warsaw in Adam Jarzębski's "Short Description of Warsaw" from 1643 (1971-1976). #baroque #artinpl #ladislausivvasa
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Silver ewer and basin with mythological decoration by Anonymous from Gdańsk, possibly Salomon von der Rennen, mid-17th century, Private collection. © Marcin Latka #silver #ewer #basin #mythological #artinpl #mannerism #decoration #gdansk
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Welcoming cup of an unidentified guild from Leszno by Andreas Adam Heisig, 1739-1753, National Museum in Warsaw. #welcomingcup #guild #leszno #andreasadamheisig #silver #artinpl #nationalmuseuminwarsaw
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Bracelet with a stylized cartouche by Anonymous (Poland), first quarter of the 17th century, Toruń Regional Museum. Skrwilno and Nieszawa Treasure. One of a pair of similar bracelets. Hidden during invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by neighbouring countries known as the Deluge (1655-1660) by the owner Zofia Magdalena Loka. #enamel #niello #gold #poland #torun #artinpl #skrwilno #polish #bracelet #stylized #cartouche #renaissance