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Painting of a shepherd seated among goats, sheep and a dog in a rocky wooded landscape with a distant ruin.

Landscape with a Shepherd and a Flock

Landscape painting of cows drinking at a shallow pond beside tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Cows at a Watering-Place

Józef Szermentowski

Painting of a mounted uhlan with a lance beside a young woman in a red headscarf, with thatched cottages behind them.

Uhlan with a Girl

Wojciech Kossak, 1925

Loose oil sketch of a hillside town with two square towers beneath pale purple mountains under a hazy sky.

Granada

Jan Ciągliński, 1899

Painting of a seated ruler in red robes among schoolboys at desks in a vaulted room, with a clergyman and courtiers nearby.

Stefan Batory among Schoolboys

Antoni Gramatyka

Loose oil painting of white phlox flowers and dark green foliage beneath a warm streaked sky and a tree trunk.

White Phloxes

Jan Stanisławski, 1905

Loose oil sketch of a wooded headland across calm water, with rocky shore in foreground and pale cloudy sky.

Corfu

Jan Ciągliński, 1910

Dim wooden tavern interior with peasants in rustic dress, a dancing man at center, and a figure by a hearth at right.

Peasants in an Inn

Franciszek Kostrzewski, 1854

Painting of a church interior with an altar, Gothic arches and colorful stained glass windows in warm reddish tones.

Interior of a Church

Jerzy Karszniewicz, 1902

Painting of a sunlit town square with a red church facade, terracotta roofs, leafy trees, and small figures under a pale blue

Valladolid

Jan Ciągliński, 1899

Oil sketch of a nude woman beside a dead lion in an arena, with draped onlookers in the background and figures at right.

Study to the Painting "Christian Dirce

Henryk Siemiradzki

Oil painting of Christ at a candlelit supper table with two disciples and a servant in red, bread and a dog in the foreground

Christ in Emmaus

Luca Giordano, 1645

Oil sketch of a domed mosque with a green door in a tall arched entrance under a pale blue sky.

Kairouan (Entrance to the Mosque of the Barber)

Jan Ciągliński, 1911

Painting of a woman in a white dress playing piano as a bearded man leans beside her in a dim cluttered studio.

At the Piano

Stanisław Lentz, 1882

Oil painting of the Holy Family with the Virgin, infant Christ reaching toward a lamb, a child, and an elderly woman in shado

The Holy Family

Rafał Hadziewicz, 1844

Loose oil sketch of a pale plain with a tree line, a white building, a reddish hillside and hazy mountains under grey sky.

Antequera

Jan Ciągliński, 1899

Peasants in traditional dress greet before a wooden inn with horses, a cow, and mountains in the distance.

Scene in Front of an Inn

Wilhelm Leopolski, 1867

Painting of a stormy sky over a grain field with tall grasses and distant hills, by Jan Stanisławski, 1903.

Grain

Jan Stanisławski, 1903

Loose oil sketch of trees and a rooftop under a glowing orange and blue sunset sky.

Landscape from Rabka

Hipolit Lipiński

Painting of three men seated at a wooden table in a dim tavern, one reading a letter, with a soldier at right.

Exiles

Jacek Malczewski, 1891

Painting of a wooden church with a tall tower surrounded by a sunlit garden of yellow flowers, grass and chestnut trees.

Church Silence

Stanisław Kamocki, 1906

Loose oil painting of a pale pink desert with green shrubs, a sandy foreground and distant hills under a rosy sky.

Desert

Jan Ciągliński

Oil portrait of an older man in dark clerical dress, with winged figures and a river landscape behind him.

Portrait of the Reverend Jan Jasiak

Jacek Malczewski, 1925

Loose painting of a Krakow city square with tall buildings, green trees and a receding street in muted tones.

Main Market Square in Krakow - Fragment of a Street

Olga Boznańska, 1888

Monochrome landscape painting of a figure crossing a wooden footbridge over a gorge, with trees, cattle and a distant town.

Landscape with a Bridge (monochrome)

Cornelis de Bie, 1648

Loose sketch of figures in the foreground, a green field, distant town skyline and bare tree in warm brown tones.

Sketch to "The Poisoned Well”

Jacek Malczewski, 1903

Oil portrait of a bald, moustached man in a dark suit seated at a desk with an open ledger and papers.

Portrait of Zdzisław Morawski

Kazimierz Pochwalski, 1918

Loose oil sketch of a sea coastline with a sandy beach, blue mountains, and a white house with red roof on rocks.

Italy (Ventimiglia)

Jan Ciągliński

Painting of a calm mountain lake reflecting dark peaks with snow streaks under a cloudy sky, with rocks in the foreground.

The Morskie Oko Lake

Antoni Gramatyka

Painting of village rooftops and bare trees above a round stone well, in warm ochre and brown tones.

Landscape with a Well

Jacek Malczewski, 1908

Loose oil sketch of a river winding past grassy banks and dark trees under a pale blue evening sky.

The White Night (The Ushakovka River)

Jan Ciągliński, 1911

Charcoal and colored crayon sketch of a yellow and black swallowtail butterfly with spread wings on tan paper.

Butterfly (Old World Swallowtail)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Night landscape with a starry sky over rolling plains, a lit thatched farmhouse among dark trees, and wildflowers in the fore

Ukrainian Night

Stanisław Witkiewicz, 1895

Dusk view of the Seine with barges and a steamboat, a stone bridge, and riverside buildings under a blue sky.

Evening on the Seine

Aleksander Gierymski, 1893

Expressionist painting of a seated man tempted by a red-cloaked figure, a nude in a tree, and a woman in orange holding fruit

Temptation of St. Anthony 1

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1916

Cubist-style painting of distorted faces and figures in blue, red and ochre, with a red-hatted bearded man and an animal head

Composition

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1922

Watercolor sketch of a seated saint giving a drink to a kneeling child among poor people in a Gothic church.

Saint Jadwiga among the Poor

Jan Matejko, 1855

Painting of a woman in purple crouching near a sprawled man in a dark coat, with blue trees and a red ground.

Composition with a dancer

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1920

Surreal painting of drowned women with elongated limbs, a dark sea, rocky shore, glowing sun face and scattered gold coins.

Spirits of drowned women

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1921

Landscape painting of a dirt path by a stream, stone walls, cattle, and a spired building on a wooded hill.

View of Czerna near Krzeszowice

Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski, 1861

Watercolor of autumn trees and gravestones in a cemetery, with pale city buildings rising behind under a grey sky.

Montmartre Cemetery in Paris

Julian Fałat, 1896

Painting of a sunset over a distant city with spires, orange clouds, falling rain, and figures on a plain in the foreground.

Sunset over Tobolsk

Jan Damel, 1820

Painting of dark evergreen trees and a shadowed snow path under a dusky pink sky with a wooded hill behind.

Evening under Koziniec

Jan Stanisławski, 1906

Painting of a winding valley with rolling golden hills, red and green shrubs, scattered trees and a pale path under grey sky.

Rivulet in a Valley

Józef Chełmoński, 1902

Painting of a seated bespectacled man holding a peeled banana, with bananas and oranges on a table before him.

Portrait of Doctor Ignacy Wasserberg

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1910

Oil landscape of a thatched manor house beside a dirt road, with small figures walking under trees and a cloudy sky.

Manor-House of the Kościuszko Family at Mereczowszczyzna

Michał Kulesza, 1848

Oil painting of figures in period dress walking in a sunlit garden beside a classical palace facade with columns.

Wilanów

Kazimierz Mirecki, 1884

Painting of a misty spring riverbank with bare willow trees, a winding green meadow, and red-roofed houses under a pale sky.

Spring in Krakow

Stefania Daniel-Kossowska, 1930

Copy of Teofil Kwiatkowski’s composition

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1879

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

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

Sketch of Stanisław Augustus' sledge

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ink sketch of a woman reclining with her head resting on her arm, gazing toward the viewer with a pensive look.

Portrait of a Reclining Woman, Depicted en Face

Julian Fałat, 1900

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

Man's head in a laurel wreath

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1882

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