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Stanisław Wyspiański

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Pen and ink sketches of a screaming man's head with swirling hair and two studies of horses on a cream sheet.

Sketches based on drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. The Head of a screaming man, drawings of a horse

1887

Pencil sketches on tan paper of Gothic tracery, rosettes, quatrefoil panels and a central acanthus leaf sprig.

Loose sketches, including rosettes and tracery

1890

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in a headwrap with bowed head and clasped hands, beside a bowl and wall lantern.

Sketch of a sitting elderly woman in the interior

1884

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing two small children seen from behind, standing side by side in loose shirts.

Sketch of two children in shirts

1870

Copy of the portrait of Giuliano de Medici - the painting by Sandro Botticelli

1887

Pencil sketch sheet with a standing man, a seated woman, and two head studies, captioned in French.

Copy of the figures of Christ and Magdalene and sketches from the painting "Apotheosis of Alfonso d’Avalos"

1888

Loose sketch

1870

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in armour and cloak, with a helmet at his feet, on pale paper.

Copy of a male character in armour from Jan Matejko's composition

1882

Colored pencil sketch of an Orthodox church with an onion-domed tower and crosses on a steep roof, in a sketchbook.

View of an Orthodox church

1870

Pencil sketch of a seated market vendor weighing produce on a scale, with standing shoppers in headscarves around her.

Market scene

1870

Line drawing on tracing paper of stylized lilies with curling stamens and leaves along a vertical stem.

Lilies. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

Colored drawing of a crucified Christ with outstretched arms, surrounded by wings, roses and thorny branches in panels.

Christ, unrealized variant for the stained glass of St. Francis

1897

Drawing of the Fresco Depicting Paradise at Cappella del Podestà (Cappella della Maddalena) at the Bargello Museum: P…

1887

Outline drawing of tall, serrated thistle leaves on tan paper, with faint red guide lines framing the design.

Meadow thistle (leaves). Trial proof for the polychromy of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

"Sleeping child"

1902

Pencil sketches of cats in various poses on a sketchbook page, including a seated cat and a curled cat with tail.

Drawings of cats in various poses

1870

Pencil sketch of a standing peasant figure in loose clothing and headscarf on a sketchbook page.

Drawing of a peasant

1870

Colored drawing of the Virgin and Child with an older bearded man and an angel, framed by ornamental borders.

An angel ordering Joseph to flee to Egypt

1891

Portrait of Girolamo Savonarola. Drawing of the engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi

1887

Pencil study of a female head wearing a veil with scrolled curls, shaded in a sculptural manner.

Study of the head of the prophetess Anna from a sculpture in the portal of Notre Dame Cathedral in Reims

1890

Pencil design of a stylized mullein plant with buds and large blossoms in a symmetrical vertical panel.

Mullein (middle fragment). Design for painted decoration of the presbytery of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

Pencil outline drawing on aged tracing paper of corncockle flowers, buds and leaves, prepared as a transfer cartoon.

Corncockle. Pounced drawing for the polychrome wall painting for the Franciscan church in Krakow

1895

Pencil tracing of a symmetrical mullein flower and leaf design arranged in vertical tiers on translucent paper.

Mullein. Design for painted decoration of the presbytery of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

Pen and ink sketch of a carved stone capital with a winged figure and scrolled ornament, numbered page 79, dated 1886.

Drawing of the capital at the tomb of Casimir IV Jagiellon by Veit Stoss in the Świętokrzyska Chapel of the Krakow Ca…

1886

Pencil drawing of a winged angel in a draped robe standing on a plinth, copied after a Reims Cathedral sculpture.

Angel. Copy after a sculpture from Reims Cathedral

1890

Pencil sketches of ornamental scrollwork, a fleur-de-lis, foliate motifs, a bracket, and a draped female figure on tan paper.

Sketches of Gothic and Renaissance ornaments

1887

Colored pencil costume sketch of a girl in embroidered white bodice, blue skirt and ribbons, labeled Dziewuszka, 1904.

Girl. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

1904

Portrait of Władysław Mickiewicz

1904

Ink study sketches of nude male figures, including a youth holding a sprig and a bearded man, on cream paper.

Apollo and Marsyas

1887

Pencil sketch of a group of figures with a standing man, a seated figure, and rectangular frame studies below.

Sketches of buildings and figural representations

1888

Vertical drawing of white lilies with orange stamens and green stems against blue, grey and brown bands.

Lilje

1904

Torn tracing paper with pencil and blue crayon outlines of stylised vetch leaves and tendrils in a repeating decorative desig

Common vetch. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

Pencil sketch of a bust of a man with a shaved head and deeply lined face, on aged paper, by Stanisław Wyspiański.

Sketch of a bust of a man

1903

Pen and brown ink drawing of a man's head and shoulders with wavy hair, inscribed Dürer 1493 below.

Drawing from "Self-Portrait" by Albrecht Dürer

1887

Colored pencil costume design of a king in ornate armor, feathered helmet, sword and red shield, dated 1904.

King. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

1904

Brown ink sketch of a standing dandy in a top hat and checked trousers, leaning on a cane with one hand on his hip.

Caricature of a dandy

1882

Pencil sketch of a boy's head in a cap on a page of a small sketchbook.

Child’s drawing of a boy’s head

1870

Grid of fifteen panels of a stained glass design with a bearded figure, a violin, and flowing warm-toned abstract lines.

Henry the Pious (Wawel Cathedral stained glass designs)

1900

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long dress and bonnet on a sketchbook page, with light blue pencil accents.

Sketch of a female figure in a long dress and bonnet

1870

Pencil sketch of a woman's face with closed eyes and a raised hand outlined above, on a buff paper sheet.

Outline of a Woman's Face

1888

Ink drawing of ornate sixteenth-century book binding designs with floral scrollwork and a figure in an arched panel.

Drawing copies from sixteenth-century Italian book bindings

1888

Study of a skull

1880

Pencil sketches on paper showing two nude warriors, two seated figures and a cherub with a torch, numbered 12 to 15.

Tracings of drawings by Italian masters from book illustrations

1888

Pencil drawing of a Gothic tomb effigy with kneeling mourners above, and two Gothic window arches with tracery below.

Renaissance tombstone; St. Mary’s Church windows Kraków

1883

Pencil sketch of a theatre stage set with a central altar-like structure and tall side shapes, on Teatr Miejski letterhead.

set design sketch for the play "Protesilaus and Laodamia

1903

Pencil design drawing of stylised vetch plant with pinnate leaves and tendrils, with red guidelines on tracing paper.

Tufted vetch. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

1895

Pencil and crayon study of a yellow quatrefoil ornamental border with red dots on a pale sheet.

Study of an ornament for the polychrome of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

1895

Tall colored design drawing in a grid of panels showing stylized irises, lilies, and wavy blue water lines, a cartoon for sta

Part of the drawing for a floral stained glass (motif of flame lily, so-called smolinosa)

1897

Pencil sketch of a man in flowing robes carrying a woman in his arms across a shadowed architectural space.

A Man Carrying a Woman on his Hands

Pastel drawing of a young girl with long dark hair wearing a green myrtle wreath with a blue band, in a bust portrait.

Castitas, bust of a girl with a myrtle wreath on her head

1895

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a standing woman in a headdress within a tall vertical frame, with a seated figure below.

Sketch for a stained-glass window of Kraków Cathedral

1899

Pastel and pencil drawing of a green and yellow geometric lattice design with triangles and a scalloped cloud shape on tan pa

Lattice motif for the polychrome of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

1895

Outline of a female figure

1890

Pencil and ink sketch of a standing draped female figure with flowing hair, with smaller figure studies at right.

Sketch for the "Polonia" stained glass window for the Lviv Cathedral

1892

Pen drawing of a banner with ornate foliage border, a central landscape vignette of sun and clouds, and a Latin ribbon inscri

Banner of Stanisław Leszczyński

1883

Pencil sketch of a parrot on a perch above an oval copy of a woman's portrait, with handwritten notes on tan paper.

Drawing of a parrot and copy of the portrait of Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin

1880

Pencil sketch of a seated chimera with a hooked beak, open mouth, and shaggy body on a buff sheet.

Chimera from Notre Dame in Paris

Pencil drawing of a stooped elderly man in a cloak holding a heavy chain on a cobblestone street, signed Wyspiański 1900.

Mendicant Beggar at St. Mary's Church in Kraków

1900

Pencil sketch in a small sketchbook showing domed towers and building facades in a city view.

View of the Royal Castle on Wawel Hill

1870

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of a woman in headdress, a crowned woman, plumed and armored helmets, and a castle tower.

Copies after works of German art, including those by Albrecht Dürer

1888

Black line drawing of a stylized male figure with concentric curving lines and smaller draped figures, signed 1904.

"Apollo" from the stained glass of the Medical Society House in Kraków

1904

Tan sheet with blurred dark charcoal masses and faint grid lines, a trial proof for church polychromy by Wyspiański.

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

1895

Pastel drawing of a black locust branch with green leaves, red thorns and blue trunk on a pale ground.

Black locust. Design for the polychrome of the presbytery of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

1895

Pencil sketch of gothic church towers and spires of Týn church in Prague on tan paper, dated 1890.

Towers of the Church of Our Lady before Týn

1890

Ink design drawing of stylized plantain leaves and flower spikes on aged paper, with a label at upper right.

Broadleaf plantain, leaf and flower spikes. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

1895

Colored crayon study of a decorative panel with red and yellow wave bands, crescents and rosettes on aged paper.

Study of ornaments for the polychromy of the Franciscan Church in Kraków - motifs: waves, rosettes, crescents

1895

Pencil sketchbook page with a hand study above and a crowded religious composition of figures below.

Copies of fragments of compositions by Titian: "Venus with Cupid and an Organist" and "Gloria"

1888

Ink sketch of a bearded male figure with arms raised, wearing a loincloth, drawn on tan paper.

Tracing of the figure of the Risen Christ

1888

Pencil and colored crayon study of common toadflax above and red dead-nettle below on pale paper, a design for church decorat

Common toadflax (top) and red dead-nettle (bottom). Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

1895

Nine vertical panels of blue and black pastel showing a woman's face and flowing hair, fading to pale sketch lines below.

Wanda

1900

Pencil botanical study of a plum branch with leaves, blossoms and enlarged flower details, with handwritten notes.

Plum

1896

Pencil sketch of a nude youth leaning on a tree trunk, a study after a classical sculpture, dated 1887.

Drawing of a copy of Praxiteles' sculpture "Apollo Sauroktonos" in the Vatican Museums

1887

Pencil sketchbook page with a head study of a girl above three sketched ducks, numbered 92 in the top corner.

Portrait sketch of a girl, below a drawing of three ducks

1870

Pencil sketch of an ornate tomb finial with urns and a heraldic shield, with handwritten notes on tan paper.

Sketches from the St. Mary's Church in Cracow: the finial of the tombstone of Anna and Walerian Montelupi

1890

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a group of wandering children in loose robes, with a small head study above.

Group of wandering children

1870

Drawing of the scene depicting Moses striking the rock (a fragment of the painting in the catacombs of the Saint Pret…

1887

Colored pencil costume sketch of a bearded man in a hood holding a patterned shield and sword, 1904.

King's brother. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

1904

Pen sketch of a church banner design with winged symbols of the four Evangelists, labeled and framed by decorative borders.

Design of a church banner for the play "Bolesław the Brave" depicting the symbols of the four Evangelists

1903

Pastel study of a young girl with long wavy brown hair, dark dress and white collar, hand resting on her chin.

Study of a girl

1895

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a church tower showing circular floor plans, a cross section, and window and tracery de

St. Nicholas's Church in Żarnów, tower in the west façade with stairs leading to the gallery

1888

Colored sketch of an elderly man in an embroidered coat with fur collar, drinking from a patterned jug, costume design, 1904.

Cześnik. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

1904

Pencil sketch of a lakeside landscape with reeds and grasses in the foreground, water, and distant shoreline under a hatched

Landscape by Lake Gopło

1890

Pencil drawing of a crowned seated king with scepter under a Gothic canopy, flanked by heraldic shields and angels.

Drawing from the royal seal of Władysław Jagiełło

1890

Colored pencil costume design of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat holding a long sword, titled Strzemion, 1904.

Strzemion. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

1904

Pencil sketch of a fluted column with an ornate capital, with handwritten measurements and the date 1904 noted beside it.

"Column. Vase". Design of a column for the Medical Society House in Krakow

1904

Architectural study sheet with capital drawings, a lion relief, monogram roundels and an arched stone doorway.

St. Nicholas's Church in Żarnów, details of the Romanesque and Gothic interior decoration and the gallery staircase

1888

Pen sketch of a stone effigy, a bearded head, a female head, and a heraldic eagle shield.

Prague - Saint Vitus Cathedral. Fragments of the tomb of Přemysl Ottokar II. Head of Matthew of Arras. Head of Elisab…

1890

Pencil sketch of a crucified figure with outstretched arms and draped loincloth on tan paper, with handwriting at top.

Gniezno. Crucifix

1890

Pencil sketch of a Gothic cathedral interior with pointed arches, stone pillars and carved corbels on tan paper.

Gniezno. Interior of the cathedral

1890

Architectural pencil drawing of a door frame with dimension notes, decorative cornice and arched openings on paper.

Door frame design

1904

Pencil sketch of Gothic tracery, pinnacles and finials on a cathedral wall, with a ribbed vault at upper left.

Prague. Architectural fragment of Saint Vitus Cathedral

1890

Colored pencil costume design of a man in a blue embroidered robe holding a red shield and spear, 1904.

Sieciech. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

1904

Charcoal portrait drawing of a young girl with curly hair and a long braid, wearing a collared shirt, dated 1900.

Girl's head

1900

Pencil sketch of a standing man on a pedestal with one arm raised, study for a stained glass window, on beige paper.

Józef Mehoffer posing for King Casimir the Great. Study for Józef Mehoffer's stained glass window for the Latin Cathe…

1893

Pencil sketch of stage set design with tall trees and a central pedestal on a platform, under a Kraków theatre letterhead.

Sketch of the decorations for "Protesilas and Laodamia"

1903

Costume design sketch of a queen in a golden crown, embroidered yellow coat and red skirt, in coloured pencil on tan paper.

King's wife. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

1904