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Pencil and colored pencil sketch of a room corner with paneled walls, oval mirrors, tiled floor, and a seated figure in a nic

Design for decoration for Warszawianka by Stanisław Wyspiański

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1898

Pastel and charcoal portrait of a man with swept-back dark hair and a striped dark sweater, white chalk rays behind him.

Portrait of Karol Szymanowski

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1931

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a headscarf gazing sideways while a child leans against her shoulder.

Mother - Portfolio of Polish Graphic Artists

Józef Chełmoński, 1903

Colored pencil design of stylized pink and cream flowers and green leaves with segmented outlines for a stained glass window.

Saint Francis. Design for a stained glass window for the presbytery of the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pastel drawing of a long-haired woman beside a green reptilian hybrid creature with clawed feet on a purple ground.

Chameleo

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1918

Pencil sketch of an elderly bearded man in a long coat, cap and wooden clogs, hands clasped, standing frontally.

Warsaw Jew

Józef Chełmoński, 1888

Pen and ink sketch of a seated woman playing a lyre beside Hermes, a reclining Cupid, and a standing armored knight.

"Grecya" - figural group composed of characters defined as Poetry, Hermes, Cupid and knight

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with red hair beside a red fox under falling rain on a mauve background.

"Liszka"Volpecula

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1918

Charcoal sketch of a young soldier in a fur-collared greatcoat and cap, holding a rifle upright, turned to the side.

Portrait study of a legionary

Józef Mehoffer, 1915

Colored pencil drawing of a bishop saint in mitre and ornate red cope holding a red pastoral staff.

Saint Ambrose. Copy of a wall painting from the Church of the Holy Cross in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Charcoal drawing on tan paper of a man with tousled hair, mustache and dark bow tie, facing the viewer in a dim room.

Self portrait

Wojciech Weiss, 1904

Ink drawing of a standing man in a fur-trimmed ceremonial coat with embroidered braiding, with ornament and cap studies besid

Treasury. Jan III Sobieski, standing, full-length

Jan Matejko, 1850

Sketches of a Portrait of Frederick III (?), a Male Figure and a Putto

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Study of an elderly man with a beard, in profile

Julian Fałat, 1901

Pastel drawing of a woman in a dark headscarf with blue eye shadow and red lips, framed by swirling yellow strokes.

Portrait of Maria Kasprowiczowa

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1931

Copy of Teofil Kwiatkowski’s composition

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1879

Pen and ink sketch of armed men with pikes and halberds charging down a street beside a church spire and buildings.

Street fight

Aleksander Gierymski, 1866

Pencil sketch of surreal creatures, including a giant mushroom with a human face, a winged figure and a caterpillar.

Miss Plutyńska

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1936

Pencil sketch of an ornate sledge with a scrolled prow and fringed seat, with handwritten title above.

Sketch of Stanisław Augustus' sledge

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Charcoal self-portrait of a bearded man with a direct gaze, buttoned coat, and dark hatched background.

Self-portrait

Józef Chełmoński, 1904

Pencil sketch of grotesque figures, a cat, a fish and a ruler, with handwritten Polish inscription at upper right.

Precise Measurement of Life’s Monstrosity

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1936

Pencil sketch in a small sketchbook of a rural courtyard with broken fence boards and a tower in the background.

Sketch of a rural courtyard, with a tower in the background

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of a standing young man reading a paper beside a seated man reading a book at a desk.

In class

Aleksander Gierymski, 1866

Pencil sketch of a mounted rider on a horse moving through a crowd beneath arches and banners, on tan paper.

Sketch for the painting "Wyjazd Bolesława Chrobrego do Kijowa" - Bolesław Chrobry on horseback; a number of people

Jan Matejko, 1884

Coloured study of a scrolling decorative ornament in pink, yellow and brown with pencil guidelines on aged paper.

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

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Colored pencil sketch of a tree, wooden barn and fence in a rural landscape, dated 8 May 1918.

Motif from Lusławice

Jacek Malczewski, 1918

Pencil sketch of wooden beehives on a raised platform among tall pine trunks and a forest edge.

Beehives on scaffolding

Julian Fałat, 1887

Brown ink sketch of decorative scrollwork bands, a carved column and a pedestal with figure, with handwritten German notes.

Copies of decorative motifs from wooden architecture

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Study (VI). Portrait of the artist's wife from the cycle "Fashion Review"

Józef Mehoffer, 1915

Pastel portrait of a woman with short dark hair and a blue draped dress, set against angular gray and green strokes.

Portrait of Maria Choroszewska in a blue dress

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1933

Pencil sketch of tangled looping lines with a small boxed cross, signed Grunwald and S.W. at lower right.

Caricature of the Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1900

Pastel drawing of a misty mountain valley with green forested slopes, blue lakes, and a red meadow beneath clouds.

U Wrót Chałubińskiego

Leon Wyczółkowski, 1905

Pen and ink sketch of three men with knapsacks and pipes walking across a flat landscape toward a distant domed building.

Celebration of the 3 May

Aleksander Gierymski, 1866

Man's head in a laurel wreath

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1882

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman with both arms raised behind her head, on pale paper.

Nude of a standing woman with her arms clasped behind her head

Julian Fałat, 1900

Pencil sketch in vertical panels showing a bearded man's face, robes, hands and a cross motif, with a handwritten 1902 inscri

Stanisław Wyspiański, Wernyhora, sketch for the altar in Wawel Cathedral, pencil, paper, 1902

Tall panelled drawing of stylized flames in red, orange and yellow, with a grey lattice pattern above, a stained glass design

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

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pen and ink sketch of caricatured figures in 19th-century dress, including a bowing man, a walking couple, and seated men.

The Story of Mr Lipko

Aleksander Gierymski, 1866

Pastel portrait of a woman with short brown hair in a green dress and pale green bead necklace, set against a turquoise arch.

Portrait of Maria Choroszewska in a green dress

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1933

Agnieszka Babenberg (Jan Głuchowski)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Pencil sketch of a hooded female figure with bowed head and heavy draped cloak, on tan paper.

Our Lady of Sorrows

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Agamemnon rises against Achilles and Menelaus (Iliad)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Study of a woman’s head

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Coloured pencil design of a stylized lily, bud and scroll beside a candlestick form on pale paper.

Stylized lily motif. Design of a candlestick for the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pastel drawing of a woman with braided hair, a blue flower crown and blue blossoms on her dress, signed Wyspiański 1903.

Portrait of Władysława Ordon-Sosnowska in the role of Krasawica in the drama "Bolesław the Bold"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1903

Pen and ink sketch of five figures on a walk, two men in caps and coats and two women with parasols and long dresses.

On a walk

Aleksander Gierymski, 1866

Pencil sketch of an ornately carved chair with floral backrest and turned legs, with small bird and flower studies beside it.

Sketches of applied arts: chairs

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1889

Pen and ink sketch of the Venus de Milo torso with draped hips, cross-hatched shading, on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of the Venus de Milo

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Drawing of Classical Bas

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pastel drawing of pale pink roses with buds and green leaves climbing across a blue and tan geometric background.

Roses

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

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

Kitchen utensils

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

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

Head - Portfolio of Polish Graphic Artists

Józef Chełmoński, 1903

Pencil drawing of a gothic window with stone tracery framing a view of city rooftops and a distant church spire.

Gothic window of St. Mary’s Church

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Pencil sketches on tan paper of four winged putto figures and a bending nude woman, with handwritten inventory notes.

Sketches of four puttos and a nude woman

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

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

Pencil sketch of Gothic architectural fragments with pointed arches, tracery, a quatrefoil roundel and a pinnacle on a notebo

Sketch of a fragment of Gothic architecture

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pencil sketch on tan paper of an arch decorated with repeated teardrop guttae and scalloped lines, with handwritten notes abo

Decorative Motif - Arch Decorated with Multiplied Guttae

Stanisław Wyspiański

Pastel study of a symmetrical ornament with scrolling tendrils, layered red and ochre forms and a central rosette on torn pap

Study of an ornament for the polychrome of the Franciscan Church in Kraków - peacock feather motif, pussy willow bran…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pen sketch of two carved face corbels and an ornate scrolled cartouche on a pale page.

Sketches of architectural details, including vault supports in the western section of cloisters of the Franciscan Mon…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1886

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 three religious monograms above a drawing of an ornate oil lamp on tan paper.

Sketches of hierograms and a drawing of an oil lamp

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Pencil sketch of a small wayside shrine with an arched doorway and cross, with loose scribbles on a worn sketchbook page.

Wayside shrine

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

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

Pencil sketch sheet with a fortified gate, a costumed figure, a helmeted head labeled St. George, and architectural studies.

Copies after works of art by Albrecht Dürer, including the engraving

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

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

Pencil design of poppy flowers with stamens, seed pods and leaves on tracing paper, study for church decoration.

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

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Colored design drawing for a stained-glass window showing a white lily, yellow flowers and green foliage divided into numbere

Blessed Salomea. Design for a stained-glass window for the Franciscan Church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated figure with raised arm above a contorted crouching figure.

Satirical sketches

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1886

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 an arcade with arches and columns beside handwritten algebraic equations on lined paper.

Sketch of an enfilade and mathematical calculations

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Aged, creased long paper sheet with faint dotted pattern outlines and dark smudges, a trial proof by Wyspiański.

Common vetch. Trial proof for the polychromy of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Grid of fifteen pastel panels showing a haloed saint's face and sword at top, dissolving into swirling brown and blue forms b

Saint Stanislaus (Wawel Cathedral stained glass designs)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1900

Pencil sketch of half-timbered houses, a small tower and an arched passage with numbered roof annotations.

Buildings with towers and gates

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Loose sketches

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil sketch on tracing paper of stylized plant stems with elongated leaves and faint guide lines.

Stylized plant motif (stem with leaves). Trial proof for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pencil and blue crayon sketch of a bald, mustached man in a high collar, drawn on a sketchbook page numbered 43.

Portrait of a man shown to the shoulders

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pencil sketch of architectural details showing two ornate column capitals beneath an entablature, with arches above.

Sketches of architectural details

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

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

Pencil sketch of Gothic architectural details, including a column, carved capital and ribbed vault fragment, on a sketchbook

Sketches of architectural details from Gothic architecture

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Ink drawing of three stylized thistle plants with decorative outlines on a worn tan sheet, with red guide lines.

Meadow thistle. Design for the polychromy of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Pastel portrait of a man with round glasses, slicked-back hair, blue shirt and striped tie against a warm hatched background.

Portrait of Andre Goupil-Vardon

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1934

Pencil sketch of a standing male nude seen from behind, arms raised to the head, on tan paper with handwritten notes.

Copy of a male nude from a drawing by Raphael

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil sketch of an angled timber structure with small figures at its base, with handwritten notes on tan paper.

Drawing of a fragment of the bas-relief

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pen and ink portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace jabot, with cursive name inscription, on ruled sketchbook paper.

Copy of the portrait of Joachim Chreptowicz. Sketchbook page 21

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1879

Pencil sketch of a young girl's head turned slightly, with a faint smile and hair pulled back, on tan paper.

Head of a girl

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Tall arched stained-glass design with a golden hand at top, flowing colorful wave forms and divided panels.

God the Father - Design to the Stained-Glass Window for the Franciscan Church in Krakow

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Little Helen with a Vase

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1902

Pencil sketch of a wooden church with a tall bell tower, onion dome, shingled roofs and a side porch.

Church in Mystków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1889

Pencil sketch of a peasant in a headscarf carrying a bundle of brushwood, with loose study marks on a sketchbook page.

Peasant carrying brushwood

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of three standing men in feathered hats and fur-trimmed clothing, grouped closely together.

Three Renaissance men

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Pencil botanical study of pear blossoms, leaves, buds and flower details with handwritten annotations on cream paper.

Pear

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Portrait of Ignacy Maciejowski (Sewer)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1900

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