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Summary

Description

Adoption of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791
Source

National Museum of Poland Catalogue
Date

1891
Author

Jan Matejko
Permission
(Reusing this image)

see below

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.


Guide to the painting


  1. Stanislaus Augustus (1732-1798), King of Poland 1764-1795
  2. Jan Dekert (1738-1790), former City President (Mayor) of Warsaw
  3. Elżbieta Grabowska (1748-1810), king's mistress
  4. Jan Kiliński (1760-1819), shoemaker, member of the Warsaw City Council
  5. Klemens Hofbauer (1751-1820), Redemptorist (priest)
  6. Światopełk Czetwertyński (1748-1794), Castellan of Przemyśl, opposed to the Constitution
  7. Franciszek Branicki (ca. 1730-1819), Grand Hetman of the Crown, opposed to the Constitution
  8. Hugo Kołłątaj (1750-1812), Underchancellor of the Crown, co-author of the Constitution
  9. Ignacy Potocki (1750-1809), Grand Marshal of Lithuania, co-author of the Constitution
  10. Adam Czartoryski (1734-1832), Prefect General of Podolia, supporter of the Constitution
  11. Stanisław Małachowski (1736-1809), Crown Marshal of the Grand Sejm, holding the Constution in his hand
  12. Ignacy Zakrzewski (1745-1802), City President (Mayor) of Warsaw
  13. Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817), Crown Army General
  14. Kazimierz Sapieha (1754-1798), Lithuanian Artillery General
  15. Jan Suchorzewski (d. 1809), Wojski of Wschowa, opposed to the Constitution
  16. Kazimierz Konopka (1769-1805), Hugo Kołłątaj's secretary
  17. Stanisław Staszic (1755-1826), scientist and political writer
  18. Andrzej Zamoyski (1716-1792), Grand Chancellor of the Crown
  19. A peasant
  20. Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813), General-Major
  21. An old Jew

License

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