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Summary
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Adoption of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791 |
Source |
National Museum of Poland Catalogue |
Date |
1891 |
Author |
Jan Matejko |
Permission ( Reusing this image) |
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Description
The painting depicts King Stanislaus Augustus together with members of the Grand Sejm and inhabitants of Warsaw entering St John's Cathedral in order to swear in the new national constitution just after it had been adopted by the Grand Sejm in the Royal Castle visible in the background.
- Stanislaus Augustus (1732-1798), King of Poland 1764-1795
- Jan Dekert (1738-1790), former City President (Mayor) of Warsaw
- Elżbieta Grabowska (1748-1810), king's mistress
- Jan Kiliński (1760-1819), shoemaker, member of the Warsaw City Council
- Klemens Hofbauer (1751-1820), Redemptorist (priest)
- Światopełk Czetwertyński (1748-1794), Castellan of Przemyśl, opposed to the Constitution
- Franciszek Branicki (ca. 1730-1819), Grand Hetman of the Crown, opposed to the Constitution
- Hugo Kołłątaj (1750-1812), Underchancellor of the Crown, co-author of the Constitution
- Ignacy Potocki (1750-1809), Grand Marshal of Lithuania, co-author of the Constitution
- Adam Czartoryski (1734-1832), Prefect General of Podolia, supporter of the Constitution
- Stanisław Małachowski (1736-1809), Crown Marshal of the Grand Sejm, holding the Constution in his hand
- Ignacy Zakrzewski (1745-1802), City President (Mayor) of Warsaw
- Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817), Crown Army General
- Kazimierz Sapieha (1754-1798), Lithuanian Artillery General
- Jan Suchorzewski (d. 1809), Wojski of Wschowa, opposed to the Constitution
- Kazimierz Konopka (1769-1805), Hugo Kołłątaj's secretary
- Stanisław Staszic (1755-1826), scientist and political writer
- Andrzej Zamoyski (1716-1792), Grand Chancellor of the Crown
- A peasant
- Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813), General-Major
- An old Jew
License
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The original image comprising the work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
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