Showcases relating to the tournament in Europe lead to the Hetman’s hussar retinue (the Hetman’s scale armour can be seen in the further part of the room). The great hussar processions, full of rich weapons and beautiful horses, were an extension of the European tournament tradition, with a similar ceremonial but also propaganda significance. This is also emphasised by the reproductions of graphics accompanying the descriptions of the procession, which show the fashion for tournaments at European courts and, at the same time, the reception of Poles as a rich but exotic nation in the 17th century. This is also an important part of the exhibition. It shows a hussar on parade, not in battle. This is what delighted the world in the 16th-18th centuries and has survived in common memory. It was perpetuated in literature and art in the 19th century and became the subject of a strong national mythologisation.
Ottoman Empire, second quarter of the 17th c. and between 1718-1720 (saddle embroidery)
Wood, bark, velvet, silver metal thread, cotton thread, leather, feather, nephrite, mother of pearl, turquoise, tourmaline, heliotrope, silver, gold, brass, embroidery, repoussé, punching, stonesetting, inlay
Gift of the Municipality of Krakow on the occasion of the jubilee of the National Museum in Krakow
Purchased by the Municipality from Gustaw Soubis-Bisier from Warsaw for 4,500 rubles, 1910. Passed through inheritance from the Czarniecki family to the Lubowidzki and Zaleski family
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under the saddle:
Ottoman Empire, 17th c.
Linen, velvet, silver metal thread, gold metal thread, gold, mother of pearl, nephrite, turquoise, garnet, amethyst, heliotrope, synthetic gemstone and imitations (emerald), inlay, stonesetting, embroidery
Gift of the Municipality of Krakow on the occasion of the jubilee of the National Museum in Krakow.
Purchased by the Municipality from Gustaw Soubis-Bisier from Warsaw for 4,500 rubles, 1910. Passed through inheritance from the Czarniecki family to the Lubowidzki and Zaleski family
on the head:
Ottoman Empire, first half of the 17th c.
Hair, nephrite, turquoise, gold metal thread, silver, gold, repoussé, chiselling, inlay, stonesetting, gilding
Gift of the Municipality of Krakow on the occasion of the jubilee of the National Museum in Krakow
Ottoman Empire, 17th-18th c.
Silver, niello, engraving, gilding
at the saddle:
Ottoman Empire, 17th c.
Iron, silver, shagreen, wood, nephrite, mother of pearl, gold, amethyst, synthetic gemstone and imitations, forging, gilding, stonesetting, inlay
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Ottoman Empire, 17th c.
Iron, silk, silk thread, metal thread, gold, sewing, forging, colouring, inlay
Gift of Władysław Józef Fedorowicz, 1922
France or Germany, 17th/18th c.
Iron, brass, wood, gold, forging, gilding, casting, engraving
Deposit of the Academy of Learning, 1896
Poland, first half of the 18th c.
Gold, brass, leather, gilding, engraving, punching
From the former armoury of Tarnowski family in Dzików
Poland, first half of the 18th c.
Iron, velvet, wood, gold, leather, copper, linen, cotton thread, silver metal thread, embroidery, colouring, engraving, chiselling, gilding
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, gift of the family, 1903 and the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Europe, 18th c.
Iron, forging, punching
Gift of Edward Goldstein, 1909
France (?), between 1740-1760
Iron, brass, lead, flint, wood, horn, inlay, carving, etching, engraving, gilding
Gift of Erazm Barącz, 1922
Poland, 18th c.
Iron, brass, forging, punching, openwork, repoussé
Formerly propoerty of Wielogłowski family
Poland, 17th c.
Iron, forging, riveting
Poland or Hungary, 17th c.
Iron, wood, iron, leather, forging, punching, openwork
Gift of Feliks ‘Manggha’ Jasieński, 1920
Poland, 18th c.
Wood, paint, iron, painting, forging
Originally, it belonged to a group of hussar lances from the castle in Podhorce (Pidhiristi), then in the Sanguszko palace in Gumniska. It was supposed to belong to the Rzewuski hussar banner
Property of the District Museum in Tarnów
(modern reconstruction)
Ottoman Empire, 18th c.
Iron, leather, silver, gold, gilding, punching, repoussé, engraving
Poland, first half of the 18th c.
Silver, turquoise, agate (?), wood, leather, forging, gilding, stonesetting, punching
From the collection of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, a gift from the family in 1903
Poland, 1700-1750
Velvet, leather, thread, embroidery
From the former armoury of Jan Tarnowski in Dzików
Czech, Prague, workshop of Johan Christop Stifter, between 1670-1680
Iron, silver, wood, forging, chiselling, engraving, openwork, inlay, carving
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Ottoman Empire, turn of the 17th and 18th c.
Iron, forging, openwork
Gift of Edward Goldstein, 1909
Poland, half of the 18th c.
Iron, brass, forging, punching, repoussé
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Poland, 17th c.
Iron, forging, riveting
Poland, 18th c.
Iron, brass, forging, punching, engraving, cutting
Poland, turn of the 17th and 18th c.
Brass, silver, leather, engraving, niello
From the former collection of count Jan Tarnowski (1777-1842) in Dzików
Ottoman Empire, 17th c.
Horn, cord, parchment, painting
From the former armoury of Piotr Moszyński in Krakow
Poland (?), turn of the 17th and 18th c.
Iron, brass, wood, forging, etching, engraving, repoussé, cutting
Poland, 1700-1750
Wood, ostrich feathers, iron, glueing, painting
Gift of Tadeusz Lubomirski, 1909
According to family tradition, this sign was supposedly used near Chocim in 1621 by Field Hetman Stanisław Lubomirski (1583-1649). In fact, the object is later and can be associated with the person of Hieronim Lubomirski (1648-1706), Grand Hetman of the Crown, castellan of Krakow, participant of battles, among others at Vienna (1683) and Kliszów (1702). Before being donated to the Museum, the bunchuk was in the Carmelite Church in Nowy Wiśnicz
Poland, 18th c.
Silver, wood, leather, velvet, silk, brass, zircon, carnelian, engraving, gilding, stonesetting, embroidery
From the former amoury of Sapieha family in Krasiczyn
According to tradition, the horse harness was supposed to belong to the Jabłonowski family and was considered a souvenir after Hetman Stanisław Jabłonowski (1634-1702). Then it belonged to the collection of Adam Stanisław Sapieha and his son, Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha
France or Belgium, second half of the 18th c.
Iron, wood, forging, chiselling, openwork, carving, appliqué