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Pencil drawing of wavy overlapping organic contours on pale paper, with signature and date 1947 at lower left.

Landscape from Nowa Ruda

Władysław Strzemiński, 1947

Pencil sketch of two sleeping men in coats and boots lying before a shadowed wooden wall, by Julian Fałat.

Sleeping Poleshuks

Julian Fałat, 1887

Agamemnon rises against Achilles and Menelaus (Iliad)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pastel drawing of a snowy forest path flanked by dark tree trunks, with scattered twigs and a snow-covered stump in front.

Forest in Winter

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a wooden church with shingled roofs and bell tower, flanked by stone pillars and trees.

Church in Osiek

Julian Fałat, 1906

Pencil sketch of kitchen utensils including pots, a jug, a bowl and a hanging lantern on a sketchbook page.

Kitchen utensils

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil drawing of fantastic hybrid creatures, a winged beast and a nude figure in a jagged rocky landscape.

Composition - fantastic figures and animals with a landscape in the background

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1921

Pencil sketch of a dog sleeping on its side with its head resting on its paws, on cream paper.

Sleeping dog

Julian Fałat, 1900

Pen sketch of a theatre stage plan with sky, transparent curtain, hills, a house, and wings labeled in Polish.

Plan view of the stage for Act II of the drama

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Pencil drawing of a grotesque male figure in a contorted pose, surrounded by sketched studies of female faces and limbs.

Delightful Tormentor at Work

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1936

Pencil sketch of a boy leading a horse and cart past cottages, with figures walking in the background.

Boy with a horse-drawn cart against the background of a cottage

Józef Chełmoński, 1880

Aged sheet with a pounced drawing of horse chestnut leaves, blossoms and scrollwork for building polychromy.

Leaves and flowers of horse chestnut. Pounced drawing for polychromy of the Medical Society building in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Pastel drawing of running figures in red, orange and grey against a green landscape and blue sea.

Composition with figures running around

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1922

Charcoal portrait of a young man in a felt hat and fur-trimmed collar, head tilted down, on cream paper.

Hucuł

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1901

Long watercolor elevation of a church interior with painted saints under gothic arches, a crucifix, altars and furnishings.

"Widok rozwiniętych ścian nawy i prezbiteryum z rozmieszczeniem malowań i sprzętów" w kościele św. Krzyża w Krakowie…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Pencil sketch of rooftops and church towers, including a spired tower and a small domed belfry, under a pale sky.

A view of the roofs of the Jesuit church and monastery, and the presbytery and towers of St Mary's Basilica

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pastel drawing of a city skyline with a twin-towered cathedral, a lattice tower, and a sun with two caricature faces in a blu

Caricature of Józef Mehoffer and Józef Pankiewicz

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1909

Christ and St John (Hans Suess von Kulmbach)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man with drapery and a seated woman adjusting her sandal, with French captions citing Raphae

Copies of Raphael Santi's paintings and drawings

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pen and ink drawing of a veiled woman and a balding man with curly hair, with handwritten labels naming Giotto and Fra Angeli

Drawings of Engraving Depicting Portraits of Giotto di Bondone and Fra Angelico

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pencil sketchbook page with studies of decorative ornaments, buckles, hatched strips and a radiating motif.

Sketches of ornaments

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pencil sketch of arch forms and guide lines on an aged sketchbook page, with museum inventory numbers.

Sketch of triumphal arches du Carrousel and de Triomphe in Paris

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Little Helen with a Vase

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1902

Five ink sketches of stylized figures in royal robes and crowns, drawn in loose pen lines on pale paper.

Five Historical Caricatures of Sigismund Augustus, Barbara Radziwiłł, Queen Jadwiga, Casimir the Great, Boleslaus the…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901

Pencil sketchbook page with loose drawings of sailing ships, masts, rigging and faint building towers.

Sketches of a man and building towers

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Colored and graphite studies of sculpted figures on tan paper, one seated in a robe and red cap, one reclining.

Sculptures (Wit Stwosz)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Pencil sketch in a small sketchbook of a building facade with a flagpole and overlapping looping pencil strokes.

Sketch of a building

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil sketch of the Kraków Barbican with arched gateways, walls, rooftops and a tall domed tower behind.

Sketch of the interior of the Kraków Barbican

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil sketch of a house with a sloping roof, chimney, windows and a door, drawn on a sketchbook page.

Child’s drawing of a house

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Charcoal sketch of a reclining nude woman with closed eyes, dark sky strokes above and loose trees at left.

Thetis. Sketch for an illustration to Homer’s Iliad

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded armored man reclining beside a helmet and wine glass, with Latin inscription below.

Drawing of the figure from the tombstone of Stanisław Hanl in the Archcathedral Basilica in Lviv

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pen sketch of four figures in a row, including two draped men, a standing figure and a reclining figure on a pale sheet.

Four historical caricatures: Napoleon, Adam Mickiewicz and Fryderyk Chopin

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901

Pencil sketchbook page with loose architectural studies of a tower, a doorway facade, and a grid of panels.

Loose drawings, including a town hall façade, a tower, a treasury

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pencil and coloured line design of horse chestnut leaves and flowers, drawn by Stanisław Wyspiański in 1904.

Leaves and flowers of horse chestnut. Design for polychromy of the Medical Society building in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Pastel and pencil study of crescent-shaped red and yellow ornamental bands around a central ochre column, with handwritten no

Study of an ornament for the polychrome of the Franciscan Church in Kraków - crescent motif

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil sketch on brown paper of two men at a table with plates and spoons, one resting his head on his hands.

Mietek and Teodor

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1902

Pencil sketch of a coffered vault with molded beams and recessed panels in perspective on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of a coffered vault

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pencil and colored pencil design of ornamental candlestick with looping coils and sweeping curved stems on worn tan paper.

Design of a candlestick for the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Loose pencil sketch on tan paper of overlapping marching figures with raised spears and shields.

Achaean troops marching for Troy. A drawing for

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Pencil vignette of a putto with a torch on a book, a quill and inkwell, and a ribbon reading Dla ukochanej Cioci.

Decorative vignette with a putto and a ribbon bearing a dedication

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1880

Pencil sketch of a hilltop church with twin towers and a monastery wing, drawn in a small sketchbook.

View of the church and monastery in Tyniec from the Vistula side

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil sketch of a nude woman holding a cup, with a second figure's head turned behind her, on beige paper.

Hebe. Sketch for an illustration to Homer’s Iliad

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Pencil sketch of an arched interior with two barred windows and a sloping roof, drawn on a sketchbook page.

"Z Tyńca". Fragment wnętrza z zakratowanymi oknami "From Tyniec." Fragment of an interior with barred windows

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pen sketch of veiled female heads and a haloed monk holding a book, with handwritten French annotations.

Tracings from works of art by Fra Angelico

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pastel drawing of a young girl in a blue-ribboned straw hat resting her chin on her crossed arms, glancing sideways.

Girl in a Blue Hat

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil sketch of a courtyard with sheds, hanging laundry, figures and residential buildings in a small bound sketchbook.

Sketch of a courtyard among residential buildings

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil sketch of resting and grazing sheep with a standing shepherd figure in a small sketchbook.

Flock of sheep

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Malatesta, popes, Perusian griffin

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Pencil sketch of wavy ribbon bands within a rectangular frame, a design study for church wall decoration.

Ribbon motif. Design for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pastel drawing of a snowy river winter landscape with bare trees reflected in pale water and a distant hill.

Vistula near Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905

Pencil and wash elevation of a gothic interior with pointed arches, tracery window and blue-washed balustrade.

View of the walls of the

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Pastel self-portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a double-breasted coat against a tan background.

Self-portrait of Stanisław Wyspiański

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1903

Brown ink tracing of a horizontal frieze with acanthus scrolls, foliage and an animal figure at right.

Tracing from a frieze with plant and animal motifs

Stanisław Wyspiański

Brown ink drawing of an angel embracing a kneeling figure among trees, with sleeping figures below, a design by Wyspiański.

Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane - reproduction of a bas-relief design for the eastern façade of the Church of the…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Pencil sketch of three skulls on pale paper with a handwritten German note above.

Sketches of skulls

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil drawing of steep-roofed wooden houses beside a stone arched bridge over water, signed and dated 1880.

Landscape with wooden houses and a stone bridge

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1880

Pencil sketch on tan paper showing caricature figures in historical costume, including a row of four small figures in hats.

Nine historical caricatures: Francis I, Louis XIV, Henry VIII, Marian Langiewicz, Maria Theresa, Napoleon (four times)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901

Architectural drawing of an ornate altar, carved choir stalls and Gothic church interior with coloured heraldic shields.

Tracing of the polychromy and furnishings of the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Ink and wash drawing of a stylised ornamental motif with looping scrolls, a dark central medallion and curved side elements.

Stylised Flower Basket - Embellishment to

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pencil sketch of a stone abbey with arched windows on a hillside, drawn on a page of a red-bound sketchbook.

Sketch of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec from the west

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Loose pencil sketch on tan paper of a draped figure with flowing hair and an outstretched arm.

Sketch for Homer’s Iliad

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Sheep

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Blue and grey pastel drawing of a winter cityscape with a tall church spire rising above snowy rooftops and a frozen river.

Winter motive

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1905

Ink sketch sheet with nine exaggerated caricature figures with distorted faces and angular bodies, by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1

Nine historical caricatures: Louis XI, Elizabeth of England, Louis XI, Louis XI, Margaret of Anjou, Marie Antoinette,…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901