For the first time, this showcase takes us to the period after 1763, when Stanislaw August Poniatowski ascended the Polish throne, whose reign coincided with the fall of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its disappearance from the map of Europe for the next 123 years. But it also touches on other themes, not just historical ones. It uses military artefacts to illustrate the close links between three spheres of social life: politics, the army and religion. It refers to the showcase opposite, where the civil, military and ecclesiastical orders correspond with the religious symbols on the reverse.
Poland, between 1768-1772
Copper, oil paint, engraving, painting
Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1896
Poland, between 1768-1772
Copper, oil paint, engraving, painting
Poland, between 1768-1772
Copper, oil paint, engraving, painting
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, between 1768-1772
Copper, oil paint, engraving, painting
Poland, between 1768-1772
Copper, oil paint, engraving, painting
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903
Poland, between 1768-1772
Copper, oil paint, engraving, painting
Gift of Irena Batowska, 1952. From the former collection of Stanisław Kaczor-Batowski in Lviv
Poland, between 1768-1772
Copper, oil paint, engraving, painting
Gift of Bronisław Gorczyński, 1883
Poland, between 1768-1772
Moose skin, plush, silk thread, sewing
Deposit of the Jagiellonian University Museum. Gift of Leokadia and Karolina Tetmajer
This jacket is the oldest preserved Polish uniform
on the jacket:
Poland, between 1768-1772
Copper, oil paint, painting
Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1896. In 1858, the gorget was owned by Władysław Syrokomla and was presented by him at the exhibition of antiquities in Krakow in 1858-1859
Poland or Hungary, ca. 1752 (blade decoration), Austria, ca. 1826-1832 (handle)
Iron, wood, leather, brass, forging, etching
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Poland, first half of the 18th c.
Wood, gold, silver, leather, silver metal thread, steel, brass, casting, gilding, embroidery, appliqué, sewing
From the former collection of Piotr Umiński
Poland, first half of the 18th c.
Wood, leather, silver, silver metal thread, engraving, formowanie, gilding, chiselling, punching, niello, embossing, sewing
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903