Jan Matejko's Gallery

"Christianisation of Poland in 965", oil on canvas, 1889, Royal Castle in Warsaw.

"Coronation of the first King of Poland in 1025", oil on canvas, 1889, Royal Castle in Warsaw.

"The First Sejm, 1182". Łęczyca, oil on canvas, 1888, National Museum in Warsaw.

"The death of Leszek the White" in 1227, oil on canvas, 1880, National Museum in Gdańsk.

"Christianisation of Lithuania in 1387", oil on canvas, 1889, Royal Castle in Warsaw.

"Battle of Grunwald", oil on canvas, 1878, 426 x 987 cm, National Museum in Warsaw. The Battle of Grunwald took place on July 15, 1410 between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on one side (estimated 39,000 troops), and the Teutonic Knights on the other (about 27,000 troops). In this battle the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights was defeated and never recovered its former influence.

Zawisza Czarny in a detail of "Battle of Grunwald"

Vytautas the Great in a detail of "Battle of Grunwald"

"Astronomer Copernicus: Conversation with God", oil on canvas, 1872, 221 x 315 cm, Museum of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków.

"Stańczyk during a Ball at the Court of Queen Bona after the Loss of Smoleńsk", oil on canvas, 1862, National Museum in Warsaw.

"Hanging of Sigismund Bell on the Wawel Cathedral Tower in 1521"

"The Prussian Tribute", oil on canvas, 1882, 388 x 875 cm, National Museum in Kraków. Albrecht Hohenzollern receives the Duchy of Prussia as a fief from the Polish King, Sigismund I the Old in 1525.

Stańczyk in a detail of "The Prussian Homage"

"Union of Lublin" of 1569, oil on canvas, 1869, 298 x 512 cm, National Museum in Warsaw.

"Death of Sigismund II Augustus at Knyszyn" July 6, 1572, oil on canvas, 1886, National Museum in Warsaw.

"The Republic at Zenith of Power. Golden Liberty. Kings election in 1573".

"Batory at Pskov", oil on canvas, 1872, 322 x 512 cm, Royal Castle in Warsaw. During the Livonian War (1578-1582), between Ivan the Terrible of Russia and Stefan Batory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the city was besieged by Polish forces. Poland failed to capture the city, but forced Russia to return other territories and gained Livonia. The siege was the setting of this painting.

Stanisław Żółkiewski in a detail of "Batory at Pskov"

"Sermon of Skarga" (1536-1612), oil on canvas, 1862, 224 x 397 cm, Royal Castle in Warsaw.

"Alchemist Michał Sędziwój (1566 - 1636)", oil on board, 73 x 130 cm, Museum of Arts in Łódź.

"Shuyski's Tsars brought by Zólkiewski to the Sejm in Warsaw before Zygmunt III", Dimitriads, 1610, oil on canvas.

"Shuyski's Tsars at the Sejm in Warsaw", Dimitriads, 1610, oil on canvas.

"Bohdan Chmielnicki with Tuhaj-Bej at Lwów", oil on canvas, 1885, National Museum in Warsaw. Chmielnicki Uprising 1648-1654.

Tuhaj-Bej in a detail of "Bohdan Chmielnicki with Tuhaj-Bej at Lwów"

"Oath of John Casimir, taken in 1655, during The Deluge. The king (kneeling) pledged in Lwów that he will drive the Swedes out of Poland, better the life of peasantry and stay true to the privileges and rights of the szlachta", 1893, oil on canvas, 315 x 500 cm. National Museum in Wrocław.

Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna", 12 September 1683, oil on canvas.

"Sobieski Sending Message of Victory to the Pope, after the Battle of Vienna" 12 September 1683, oil on canvas, 1880, 58 x 100 cm, National Museum in Kraków.

"Rejtan - The Fall of Poland", oil on canvas, 1866, 282 x 487 cm, Royal Castle in Warsaw. In September 1773 Rejtan tried to prevent the legalization of the first partition of Poland. The dramatic events in the Polish Sejm are depicted on the painting

"Constitution of third of May", oil on canvas, 1891, 227 x 446 cm, Royal Castle in Warsaw. May 3rd Constitution was the first written national constitution in Europe, and the world's second, after the United States Constitution. The May 3rd Constitution was adopted by the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on May 3, 1791

"Battle of Racławice", oil on canvas, 1888, National Museum in Kraków. 4th April 1794, Kościuszko Uprising

Detail of "Battle of Racławice"

"Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791, Commission of National Education. Partitions of Poland. R.P. 1795." oil on canvas, 1889, National Museum in Warsaw

"1863 - Polonia", oil on canvas, 1864, 156 x 232 cm, National Museum in Kraków. Picture represents the aftermath of the failure of the January Uprising. The crowd of captives awaits transport to Siberia. Russian officers and soldiers supervise a blacksmith installing fetters on the wrists of a woman representing Poland. The blonde woman behind her, next in line, may represent Lithuania.

Dubrawka

Bolesław I the Brave

Casimir I of Poland

Bolesław II the Bold

Władysław I Herman

Bolesław III Wrymouth

Władysław II the Exile

Bolesław IV the Curly

Mieszko III the Old

Casimir II of Poland

Leszek I the White

Władysław III Spindleshanks

Konrad I of Masovia

Bolesław V the Chaste

Leszek II the Black

Przemysł II

Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

Władysław I the Elbow-high

Louis I of Hungary

Jadwiga Angevin

Władysław II Jagiełło

Władysław III of Varna

Casimir IV Jagiellon

Jan I Olbracht

Aleksander Jagiellon

Sigismund I the Old

Sigismund II Augustus

Henry III of France

Stefan Batory

Władysław IV Vasa

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki

Jan III Sobieski

August III the Saxon

Mieszko I

Mieszko II Lambert

Casimir I

Henryk I the Bearded

Casimir III the Great

Władysław II Jagiełło

Władysław III of Varna

Stanisław August Poniatowski

"Self-portrait of Jan Matejko", oil on canvas, 1892, 160 x 110 cm, National Museum in Warsaw.

"Blind Veit Stoss with his granddaughter", oil on canvas, 1865, National Museum in Warsaw.

Saints Cyril and Methodius, 1885.

Szymon Starowolski and Swedish king Carolus Gustavus

Armor of Stefan Batory

Portrait of Alfred Józef Potocki

Kochanowski over the dead body of Urszulka