Jan Polack

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Jan Polack

Born	c. 1435 possibly Cracow, Poland
Died	1519 Munich, Germany
Field	Painting
Patrons	City of Munich
Influenced by	Veit Stoss

Jan Polack (Latin: Johannes Polonus) (around 1435 possibly in Cracow – 1519 in Munich) was a 15th century painter.

He may have taken part in the 1475 festival of the Landshut Wedding of Jadwiga Jagiellon and George of Bavaria.

Since 1482 he lived and worked in Munich, also as leader of the local painter guild. His art was deeply influenced by that of Veit Stoss and Hans Pleydenwurff as well as by the cooperation with woodcutter Erasmus Grasser.

Documents mention many of his works which are lost now. His most important remaining work is the altarpiece of Weihenstephan (1483-1485), now at Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

[edit] Gallery

Untitled, 1491

The Miracle of the Bear, 1489

[edit] Literature

Andrea Langer: Jan Polack. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Bd. 20, Berlin 2001, S. 593–594. (German)
Andrea Langer, „Jan Polack“ in „Neue Deutsche Biographie“, München 1999.
Hanna Bösl, „Jan Polack“, Freilassing 1988
Christiane Kant, „Der Münchner Stadtmaler Jan Polack als Bildnismaler“, Berlin 1997
Magdalena Elsholz / Gabriela-Irena Madry, Die polnische Braut - Spuren bayerisch-polnischer Geschichte, 2004, ISBN 3-929759-91-8