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Aleksander Lesser

21 works

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Painting of a crowd of mourners and clergy around black coffins with palm fronds, a bishop in purple mitre at centre.

Funeral of the Five Victims

1861

Painting of a seated nude woman seen from behind, resting her arm on a chest in a studio interior with a green stool.

Female nude (?)

1830

Painting of a reclining male nude seen from behind on green drapery against a red background.

Nude of the back of a reclining man

1837

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in a red coat and tall black cap before dark green drapery.

Portrait of Stephen Báthory

1846

Woman with long hair in pink and blue robes sits by a skull and cross in a rocky mountain landscape.

St. Mary Magdalene

Oil painting of an armoured knight holding a halberd beside a stone parapet, with hills and a castle in the background.

Knight in armour

1835

Oil portrait of a man in a pale hooded robe with hands clasped in prayer, gazing upward against a cloudy sky.

Monk - pilgrim

1850

Painting of two women bound to a tree in a forest, with an older bearded man with a staff standing nearby.

Captives

Painting of a sleeping armored man in a forest at night, with a glowing iron wolf on pedestals in the sky above.

Dream of Gediminas about the Iron Wolf

Oil sketch of a haloed robed figure holding a book and quill beneath a Gothic arch, signed Lesser 1845.

Sketch for “Wincenty Kadłubek”

1845

Oil portrait of a balding older man in glasses holding a letter at a desk, with a sailing ship visible through a window.

Portrait of the artist’s father, Levy Lesser

1850

Full-length portrait of a man in a red embroidered costume with lace collar, holding a cane, beside a draped table and hat.

Portrait of John II Casimir Vasa (1609-1672)

1850

Oil painting of a bearded ruler on a throne receiving a kneeling youth in a stone hall, with armoured men and courtiers aroun

Youth of Bolesław the Wry-Mouthed

1850

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in a red velvet robe holding a gold staff, with a cherub above and a cloudy sky.

Portrait of Stefan Czarniecki (1599-1665)

1851

Painting of a deathbed scene with a grieving man, kneeling priests and courtiers around a woman on a canopied bed.

Death of Barbara Radziwiłł

1859

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a jeweled crown and silver robe, seated on a red throne holding an orb and sceptre.

Portrait of king Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632)

1860

Night scene of a torch-lit crowd with flags filling a town square, flanked by multi-storey buildings with lit windows.

Patriotic manifestation at the square of the Old Town in 1861

1861

Oil portrait of a mustached man in dark uniform with gold epaulettes, blue sash and medals, against a grey sky.

Portrait of Friedrich Berg

1868

Crowned queen at a Gothic window watching a mounted procession below, with courtiers and a mitred bishop in a stone hall.

Jadwiga przypatrująca się wjazdowi Jagiełły na zamek krakowski

1853

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress with pearl necklace and lace collar, on a red sofa.

Portrait of Julia née Bergson, artist’s wife

Painting of a haloed monk in a white habit holding a red book and quill, standing in an arched niche.

Szkic do Wincentego Kadłubka

1845

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