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Stanisław Wyspiański

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Torn tracing paper with a blue-outlined fern leaf design and faint pencil grid lines, a decorative study.

Fern leaf (fragment). Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

Pencil sheet with numbered copies of Renaissance figures: a Madonna with two children, cherubs, a putto, and nude studies.

Copies of Raphael's compositions

1887

Sketch (Leonardo da Vinci)

1883

Pencil study sheet with four numbered sketches of women's heads in headdresses and a woman holding an infant.

Drawings of Compositions by Italian Renaissance Painters (Raphael, Perugino?)

1887

Pencil and colored chalk study of a red heart ornament with curving scrolls and yellow wash on aged paper.

Heart motif. Study of an ornament for painted decoration of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

1895

Pencil drawing of a classical marble bust of a woman with curled hair and draped shoulders, with French handwritten notes bel

Engraving of an antique sculpture from Villa Farnesina garden in Rome

1887

Pencil sketch of a palace vestibule facade with colonnade, arched opening and pediment, with bench studies below.

"In the Łazienki Palace (vestibule with colonnade)"

1904

Portrait of a man in a laurel wreath

1882

Pen and ink sketch of a wooden church with steep shingled roofs, a bell tower, and an onion-domed tower.

Church St Philippe and St James in Sękowa

1889

Pencil drawing of a crowned woman with curly hair holding a lamp, wearing a long draped robe.

Wise Virgin. Copy after a 15th-century engraving by Martin Schongauer

1890

Ink drawing of a carved stone capital with curling leaves and a spiral volute beneath a stepped abacus, on tan paper.

Copy of the shaft capital in the chancel of St Mary's Church in Krakow

1889

Pastel drawing of a young child with blonde wavy hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, looking upward, signed 1901.

Head of Mietek

1901

Colored crayon design of a stylized peacock feather ornament with teardrop motifs, concentric circles and wavy bands on tan p

Fragment of an ornament for the polychrome on the north wall of the transept arm of the Franciscan Church in Kraków -…

1895

Pencil portrait sketch of an older bald man with a large nose and collared shirt, on beige paper.

Portrait of Kazimierz Stankiewicz, the artist’s uncle

1888

Pencil sketch of stylized bellflowers and leaves on tracing paper, a trial design for church presbytery decoration.

"Bellflowers." Trial proof for painted decoration of the presbytery of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

Loose pencil sketch of flowing figures above horizontal waves and a boat shape on tan paper, dated 1896.

Gods going to the Ethiopians (?), drawing for the

1896

Pencil sketch of the Tarnów town hall with a tall corner tower, arched windows, and people and a cart in the street.

Town hall in Tarnów

1889

Pastel drawing of a sleeping child with brown hair, resting on a pillow under striped bedding with bold blue outlines.

Mietek sleeping

1902

Pen and ink sketch in a sketchbook of a reclining woman, standing figures and a winged figure in a loose allegorical composit

Truth and delusion. Composition sketch to allegorical scene

1888

Pencil drawing of a woman and child before a country house with chimneys, a vine-covered gate and a wheelbarrow.

A woman with child on the background of a country house

1880

Pencil drawing of a nude woman embracing a man with raised hands inside an octagonal frame, with a figure behind them.

Copy of the painting by Carlo Cignani

1881

Watercolor and ink drawing of the Crucifixion with Mary, John, and evangelist symbols in decorative borders.

The Crucifixion

1891

Pencil sketches of a Deesis icon with enthroned Christ and saints, and Our Lady of the Sign in an ornate frame.

Deesis and Our Lady of the Sign from iconostasis of the church of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn

1887

Elżbieta Pieniążkowa; Stanisław Bojanowski; Stanisław and Katarzyna Włodek

1883

Bust of a man in antique costume

1882

Pastel drawing of a pink cathedral tower and tiled rooftops overlooking a winding river and distant castle under a cloudy sky

Landscape, view of the Wawel Cathedral tower and the Vistula River

1904

Pencil sketch of two mounted knight statues with armor studies, a heraldic crest and sword details on tan paper.

Hawkwood; Roberto Malatesta; “Battle of San Romano” (Paolo Uccello)

1883

Blue and red pencil sketch of lobed leaves and stems on aged tan paper, with Polish annotations and the date 1904.

Decorated Krakowiak dancers. Polychromy design for the Medical Society building in Kraków

1904

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and sash, with plants at left and floor lines behind him.

Portrait of Konstanty Laszczka

1894

Pencil sketch of a galloping horse-drawn sleigh with a driver raising a whip and two passengers.

Sleigh ride with torches

1882

Pencil sketch of figures in a columned interior with draped garments, the right side of the sheet left blank.

Historical scene in the interior

1880

Pencil sketches of two horses on a sketchbook page, one standing front-facing and one seen from behind with a saddle.

Sketches of a horse

1870

Pencil sketch of a standing figure in a turban and long robe, with a smaller faint figure at lower left, in a sketchbook.

Two female figures in folk costume

1870

Eleven historical caricatures: Józef Poniatowski, Barbara Radziwiłłówna, Sigismund II Augustus, Stephen Báthory, Henr…

1901

Pencil sketch of a standing woman with bowed head in a hood and cloak, with wavy lines of hair on either side.

Sketch of a girl in a checkered scarf

1904

Jan Aleksander Lipski; Bona Sforza

1883

Pen and pencil sketch of armored knights with a cross emblem, bearded men and banners, by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1885.

"The Teutonic Knights". Illustration to the drama "Le Cid" by Pierre Corneille

1885

Pastel design study of sunflowers with yellow blooms, green leaves and a red vertical band on tan paper.

Sunflower. Design for the polychrome of the transept of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

1895

Pencil drawing of two portraits: an elderly bearded cleric with books and a cardinal's hat, and a man in period dress reading

Stanisław Hozjusz; Stanisław Małachowski (Jan Chrzciciel Lampi)

1883

Pen and ink sketches of three architectural ornaments: a carved panel with corbel, a rosette capital, and a scrolled panel.

Three copies of architectural motifs

1887

“Descent of St John” (Hans Suess von Kulmbach)

1883

Charcoal sketch of a nude boy with arms outstretched, with radiating light lines above, on a cream sketchbook page.

Sketch of a naked boy. Personification of Dawn

1886

Pencil sketch on tan paper of architectural moldings and profiles with geometric construction lines and handwritten labels.

Studies of architectural details, including column bases and plinths

1884

Tall design sheet of lilies, poppies and stylized stems in orange, green and yellow, with a butterfly, for a stained glass wi

Element of fire (II). Design for a stained glass window for the presbytery window of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

1897

Ink drawing of Saint Andrew holding a saltire cross and a book, with a halo and ornamental border, in a stained glass style.

Saint Andrew. Artistic reconstruction of a stained glass panel from the Dominican church in Kraków

1895

Pencil sketch of Krakow townhouses, a domed tower and trees beneath a cloudy sky.

Fragment of the Cloth Hall and the frontage of the Krakow market square

1904

Sigismund I the Old (Decjusz)

1884

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing nude woman with outstretched arms, after a sculpture by Carl Schlüter.

A nude woman. Sketch based on Carl Schlüter's sculpture

1887

Pencil sketch of a bearded man wearing a bascinet helmet, drawn on pale paper.

Portrait sketch of a man in a bascinet

1882

Pencil architectural sketch of an arched colonnade, wide steps and a raised platform with a pedestal, dated 1905.

Academy of Arts and Sciences on Wawel (design for Wawel-Akropolis)

1905

Ink sketch of a bearded man in a cap above two small sketched statues, with a handwritten Italian note beside the bust.

Various sketches, including a copy of the terracotta bust of Lorenzo de' Medici by Verrocchio

1887

Pen and ink ground plan of a castle fragment with hatched walls, a round tower and a pencil roof outline on a numbered page.

Drawing of a Ground Plan of a Fragment of the Wawel Castle with Hen's Foot Tower and Gothic Pavillon

1886

Colored stage design sketch of a garden with a pavilion, pond, stone well and blue cloudy sky.

Project of scenery for play

1905

Pastel drawing of a snowstorm over railway tracks with telegraph poles and bare trees receding toward distant hills.

View of the Kościuszko Mound. Blizzard

1905

Pencil sketch of larynx and trachea in two views with handwritten Polish labels on a sketchbook page.

Organs and neck bones. Sketchbook page with a copy from an anatomical atlas

1884

Pen drawing of Roman soldiers carrying banners and standards in a triumphal procession with a crowd behind.

“Triumph of Caesar” (Andrea Mantegna)

1883

Pencil sketch of a ruined stone building with an arched doorway, overgrown with trees and bushes on rocky ground.

Ruins of a building overgrown with trees and bushes

1880

Colored pencil costume sketch of a crowned king with a golden scepter, cream embroidered cape and red robe.

King. Costume design for the play

1904

Pen and ink sketch of a robed man in a cap holding a tablet, signed Conrad Celtes, by Stanisław Wyspiański.

Drawing of Albrecht Dürer's Woodcut Depicting Conrad Celtes before Emperor Frederick III: Conrad Celtes

1887

Pencil and coloured crayon study of a grotesque ornament with bird heads, scrolling foliage and fruit, after church vault pol

Grotesque. Copy of the vault polychrome of the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

1897

Pen and ink sketch of a recumbent effigy above a tiered tomb monument with arched niches and standing figures.

Tomb of Gian Galeazzo Visconti in the Certosa di Pavia

1887

Pencil drawing of a city square with an arcaded hall, a tall clock tower, townhouses and trees under cloudy sky.

Krakow market square

1904

Drawings of a 15th-Century Sepulchral Italian Sculpture

1887

Pencil sketch of a Gothic interior with pointed arches, stone columns and a floor slab with ring handles.

Sketch of scenery for

1903

Pencil sketch of a Gothic cathedral interior with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and a stone balustrade on sepia paper.

Interior of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg

1890

Pencil drawing of two portraits side by side: a curly-haired man in a cravat and a woman with a ruffled collar and pendant.

Michał Skotnicki (François-Xavier Fabre); Magnuszewska Wójcicka (Franciszek Lampi)

1883

Ink and pencil study of two archers drawing bows, flanked by decorative swirling motifs on toned paper.

Archers. Trial proof for the polychromy of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

Pencil sketch of a bearded robed figure with flowing drapery and blue pencil accents on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of Christ

1870

Pencil drawing: portrait of John III in cloak and scale armor, with two armor studies and a tower on the right.

John III Sobieski; Armours (Jabłonowski, Rzewuski)

1883

Ink drawing of a curling floral frieze with leafy scrolls on a central stem, above horizontal ruled lines, on tan paper.

Copy of a floral frieze in the chancel of St. Mary's Church in Cracow

1889

Pencil sketch of a curved building fragment with an arched doorway, figures at a window, and a seated figure at lower right.

Copy of a fragment of a building from the relief triptych of St. Stanislaus

1888

Pencil sketch of a winged angel beside a running man in billowing drapery, with French captions, after Raphael.

Drawings of Raphael's paintings: an angel from

1887

Pen and ink sketch of a draped female figure rising among clouds, with small angelic figures behind her.

Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Giovanni Battista Moroni)

1883

Ink study of a muscular male nude in a twisting pose, with a French inscription naming Michelangelo and the Louvre.

Tracing from a drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti from the Louvre collection

1888

Brown ink drawing of a stylized layered rose motif with hatched petal shading on a pale background.

Flower motif. Design for painted decoration of the presbytery of St. Mary’s Church

1889

Louis II Jagiellon; Sigismund I the Old

1884

Pen drawing of a plaque with an inscription, a coat of arms held by two men, and a figure with raised arms above.

Plaque with the Ogończyk coat of arms and motto, detail from the façade of the manor house in Jeżów

1889

Sketches of sheep

1870

Pencil sketch of a crowned Virgin holding the Christ Child beside a veiled female saint holding a vessel, on tan paper.

Prague. Virgin and Child with Saint Mary Magdalene (?) from Saint Vitus Cathedral

1890

Parisian Woman - portrait study

1891

Pen and ink drawing of a carved stone column capital with dense curling foliage and a moulded top, on a tan background.

Copy of the shaft capital in the chancel of St. Mary's Church in Cracow

1889

Pencil sketch of a coiled dragon ornament with a scalloped border and a study of leafy tracery below, on tan paper.

Sketch of decorative motifs copied from works in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich

1890

Pen and ink sketch of a robed bearded figure, God the Father, with arms outstretched among swirling clouds.

"Dieu séparant la lumière des ténèbres, Raphael". God the Father after Raphael’s painting from the Vatican Loggias

1888

Pastel portrait of a bearded man in round glasses, wearing a blue coat with yellow lapels against a gray background.

Portrait of Adam Chmiel

1904

Pencil and colored crayon sketch of a woman resting her hand on her chin, with lettering reading Tragedye above.

"Tragedies". Design for the cover of a collected edition of the artist’s dramas

1900

Colored crayon design study of repeating teardrop peacock eye motifs in red, blue, orange and yellow on paper.

Peacock eye motif. Design for painted decoration of the presbytery of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

1895

Pencil sketchbook page with a bent figure in layered clothing and a standing figure in a long coat and tall hat.

Sketches of figures

1870

Pencil sketch of a stylized eagle emblem with geometric patterns and an angular fanned wing on tan paper.

Eagle motif

1904

Colored pencil costume design of a crowned figure in chainmail and blue cape, resting a hand on a sword, on kraft paper.

Bishop Stanisław. Costume design for the play

1904

Loose graphite sketch of a standing nude woman with blank face and bent leg on tan paper.

Standing female nude

1880

Design sheet with a large gold star ornament on blue and a smaller star motif on cream paper.

Star motifs. Design for the polychrome of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

Pencil drawing of a seated nude woman with one leg extended, gazing to the left, on cream paper.

Nude of a seated woman

1891

Pencil sketch of an angel and a crowned Madonna holding a child, copied from cathedral sculptures on tan paper.

Angel and Madonna with Child. Copies after sculptures from Amiens Cathedral

1890

Pencil sketch of a carved tombstone finial with a figure and ornamental scrolls on squared sketchbook paper.

Sketches from the St. Mary's Church in Cracow: a fragment of the finial of the tombstone of Sebastian and Urszula Mon…

1890

Pen and ink sketches of a reclining nude, a seated reader, and a bearded man with a book, with handwritten labels.

Drawings of Raphael Santi's paintings

1887

Pencil study of decorative numerals 0 to 9 on brown paper, with red crossings and Polish inscription, dated 1904.

"Cyfry do oznaczenia obrazów" "Numbers for labeling paintings"

1904