Walenty Wańkowicz

Walenty Wańkowicz (February 14, 1799 in Kalużyce, Russian Empire - May 12, 1842 in Paris, France) was a Polish painter.

He studied at the Polatsk Jesuit College, the University of Vilno and the St Petersburg Academy of Arts.

He produced, among other things, a well-known portrait of Adam Mickiewicz (1827-28).

The Wańkowicz House, the former mansion of the Wańkowicz family, is now a museum in the historical part of Minsk.[1]

Sources

See also

References

  1. ^ http://nn.by/index.php?c=ar&i=48092