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![[ORWAŁ COAT OF ARMS] 18th Century - Artist Unknown - “Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venice” - Oil on Canvas (Polish Provenance) CZERNIK, GENEALOGY, HERALDRY, LANDOWNERSHIP,](https://img1.one.bid/img/10591/3336361_1w.webp)
![[ORWAŁ COAT OF ARMS] 18th Century - Artist Unknown - “Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Venice” - Oil on Canvas (Polish Provenance) CZERNIK, GENEALOGY, HERALDRY, LANDOWNERSHIP,](https://img1.one.bid/img/10591/3336361_2w.webp)
Oil on canvas; on the reverse, two wax seals—one illegible, the other bearing the Orwał coat of arms. Description in Italian. Painting dimensions: 36 cm x 50 cm Frame dimensions: 63 cm x 49.5 cm A horizontal veduta depicting a view of the Grand Canal opening onto a wider body of water, with the domes of the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in the background. On the left is a compact row...
An oval portrait miniature depicting Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732–1798), the last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. The monarch is shown in a half-length portrait, turned slightly to the left, wearing a powdered wig, a dark navy blue uniform with epaulets, and the blue ribbon of the Order of the White Eagle. The composition draws on a common style of official royal portraits...
Pencil and crayon on paper A drawing depicting a young woman shown from the waist up, almost head-on, with her head slightly tilted and turned three-quarters of the way. The model has regular, subtly idealized facial features and hair parted in the middle and arranged in a wide braid encircling her head. She is wearing a simple short-sleeved dress, accentuated by a belt at the waist. The facia...
gouache, watercolor, cardboard; 25 x 35 cm; signed lower right: MIECZYSŁAW FILIPKIEWICZ.
oil on cardboard; 52.2 x 77.5 cm signed and dated below the composition: Jerzy Kossak / 1939.
oil on plywood; 30 x 39.5 cm (in frame); signed lower right: Jerzy Kossak. On the reverse, a certificate of authenticity signed by Jerzy Kossak: “I certify the authenticity” / Jerzy Kossak, and a sticker from Desa Kraków.
watercolor on paper; 45.5 x 69.5 cm (in frame); signed lower right: Rafał Malczewski.Exhibited: Polish Art in Manes, Art, Manes Gallery in Prague, July 11–30, 2025 (catalog in preparation).
oil on cardboard, 24.3 x 19 cm. On the reverse, a handwritten confirmation of the work’s authenticity by the artist’s sister, Helena Karczewska, and an exhibition label from the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw with the title “Sketch.” Provenance: – purchased during the interwar period - private collection, PolandExhibited: – Society for the Encouragement of Fin...
Polish painter (?), ca. 1840 – Portrait of Countess Karolina Szembek of Słupowo, oil on canvas On the reverse, three wax seals: two seals of the Counts of Szembek (with their own coat of arms), and a third with a coat of arms depicting two hunting horns flanked by two stars (the Orwał/Orwat coat of arms of the Czernik family). On the reverse, the inscription reads: “Karolina, daughter of...
oil on canvas; 38 x 50 cm; signed and dated lower right: Wlastimil / Hofmann / 1930.
Watercolor on paper; dimensions: 27 x 47 cm; signed lower left: "A. Setkowicz." The work is framed with so-called "museum glass" from the American company TrueVue.The work has been restored. Adam Setkowicz (1876–1945) – a painter and watercolorist associated with Kraków. He studied at the Kraków School of Fine Arts, under the guidance of Teodor Axentowicz, among others. He specialized in...
oil on canvas; 37 x 120 cm; signed lower right: Fałat. Provenance: Collection of the heirs of Zofia Zwolińska. Zakopane, collection of Zofia Zwolińska.
Oil on cardboard; dimensions: 50 x 35 cm; signed lower left: "St. Żurawski".Stanisław Żurawski (1889–1976) – a Kraków-based painter and student of Józef Mehoffer and Wojciech Weiss at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. He was a co-founder of the “Jednoróg” Guild of Visual Artists. He primarily painted female nudes, as well as landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, remaining under...
Stanisław Żukowski (1875, Jędrychowice, near Wołkowysk – 1944, Dulag 121 Pr), Summer Landscape, 1922
10 953 EUR
oil on canvas, 37.5 x 52.5 cm, signed and dated (in Cyrillic) lower left: S. Żukowski 1922 Reviews: - Includes an expert opinion by Dr. Iryna Syzonenko from July 2026 (author of a monograph on the artist).
oil on canvas; 81 x 65 cm; signed lower right: WW. On the reverse: no. 0908 and a facsimile of the artist’s signature, WW.
Jacek Malczewski (Radom, 1854 – 1929, Kraków) – Poland – 1907 – Triptych: "My Life," Ink on Paper
8 004 EUR
In the left panel, the artist depicts a scene of initiation—a youthful figure interacting with a figure possessing allegorical traits, which can be interpreted as the moment of entering the world of imagination, art, or destiny. The central segment, which serves as the axis of the composition, depicts a dramatic encounter between a human and a winged being—a genius or an angel—symbolizin...
oil on canvas mounted on cardboardDimensions: 49.5 x 69 cmsigned and dated lower right: 'Jerzy Kossak | 1929'BiographyJerzy Kossak was trained from an early age in the studio of his grandfather, Juliusz, and his father, Wojciech. In the early 1920s, Jerzy traveled with his father to the manors of Greater Poland, where he painted portraits of the local landed gentry. Jerzy Kossak’s paintings ...
oil on double-layered canvas; 63 x 133 cm; signed, inscribed, and dated lower right: JFałat / Polesie 1900. Provenance: – Collection of Anita and Stanisław Milewski, Manchester – Connecticut, United States Mr. and Mrs. Milewski were respected members of the Polish diaspora and the founders of the “Milewski Lecture Series,” a series of lectures on Polish history organized by the Polis...
Jacek Malczewski (1854, Radom – 1929, Kraków), *Self-Portrait in a Landscape in Lusławice*, 1925
41 072 EUR
oil on cardboard, 65 x 96.5 cm, inscribed, signed and dated lower left: J. Malczewski 1925./ Lusławice Conservation documentation is included with the painting.
Jerzy Kossak (1886, Kraków – 1955, Kraków), The Last Moments of Father Józef Poniatowski, 1929
0 EUR
oil on canvasDimensions: 95.5 x 146 cmSigned and dated lower left: 'Jerzy Kossak | 1929'auction labels on the reverseProvenanceAgra-Art, December 2021 private collection, Poland BibliographySee also: Kazimierz Olszański, Jerzy Kossak, Wrocław [et al.], 1992, p. 45, cat. no. 10, p. 47, cat. no. 128, p. nlb, cat. no. 10 (ill.) and cat. no. 128 (ill.) BiographyJerzy Kossak was trained from an e...
oil on canvas mounted on cardboardDimensions: 26 x 20.5 cm (inside the mat)signed and dated lower right: 'Wojciech Kossak | 1922'BiographyHe was the son and student of Juliusz Kossak, the father of Jerzy (also a painter), the poet Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, and the writer Magdalena Samozwaniec. He studied at the Kraków School of Fine Arts, the Munich Academy, and in Paris. From 1895 to 1...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 55 x 80 cm (inside the mat)Signed and dated lower left: 'Jerzy Kossak | 1937'BiographyJerzy Kossak was trained from an early age in the studio of his grandfather, Juliusz, and his father, Wojciech. In the early 1920s, Jerzy traveled with his father to the manors of Greater Poland, where he painted portraits of the local landed gentry. Jerzy Kossak’s paintings (lik...
Oil on cardboard; dimensions: 22 x 29 cm; signed lower right: "LESZEK STANKO | 2008 R"The work was created during a plein air painting session in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. Leszek Stańko (1924–2011) was a landscape painter associated with the artistic communities of Silesia and Zakopane. He was born in Sosnowiec as the son of the well-known painter Michał Stańko. From 1945 to 1947, ...
oil on canvas; 36.8 x 53.8 cm; signed lower right: Hayden.
Oil on cardboard; dimensions: 50 x 35 cm; signed lower right: "St. Poraj-Fabijański".Condition: slight warping of the cardboard (painting support). Stanisław Ignacy Poraj-Fabijański (1865–1947) —painter, sculptor, and illustrator, associated with Kraków. He studied at the Kraków School of Fine Arts and the Academy in Munich. He specialized in watercolor and oil paintings of Kraków’...
Red Petals by Salvatore Testa, oil on Pieraccini cotton canvas, 55x70 cm. Salvatore Testa, September 2026, Naples. 5.5 cm stretcher frame. The nude is merely a pretext to create the magic of chiaroscuro and color. I am not interested in the grace of postures or faces, and even less in the charm and sensuality of the subjects. I certainly alter and heavily modify expressions; I could never crea...
Oil on canvas; dimensions: 65 x 45 cm; signed lower left: "S.J. Suder".Stanisław Jerzy Suder (1951, Siepraw – 2015, Kraków) – a Polish painter and visual artist associated with Kraków, where he lived from 1964. He studied topography but did not pursue a career in his chosen field. In his work, he employed a variety of techniques, creating landscapes, still lifes, flowers, and grotesque ...
Stanisław Batowski-Kaczor (1866 Lviv – 1946, ibid.), An Episode from the Polish-Bolshevik War, 1921
4 107 EUR
oil on cardboard, 55 x 72 cm, signed and dated lower right: Batowski / 1921
oil on cardboardDimensions: 34 x 49 cmsigned lower left: 'Jerzy Kossak'On the reverse, an oval stamp from Róża Aleksandrowicz’s art supply store in Kraków and a paper label with a review by Leszek Ludwikowski from 1984BiographyJerzy Kossak was trained from a very young age in the studio of his grandfather, Juliusz, and his father, Wojciech. In the early 1920s, Jerzy traveled with his fath...
oil on canvas; 57 x 77 cm signed lower left: Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz. Inscription on the reverse: “I certify the authenticity of this sketch by Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz”—Stan Ajdukiewicz; affixed to the stretcher and canvas is a 1946 certificate of authenticity by Dr. Kazimierz Buczkowski, which identifies the subject of the painting as a scene of “the conversion of the Hungarians to the Christ...
![[PROVENCE] Wojciech Gerson (1831–1901, Warsaw) — Poland — 19th century — “Girl with a Book,” oil on canvas](https://img1.one.bid/img/10591/3336375_1w.webp)
![[PROVENCE] Wojciech Gerson (1831–1901, Warsaw) — Poland — 19th century — “Girl with a Book,” oil on canvas](https://img1.one.bid/img/10591/3336375_2w.webp)
Provenance: Wojciech Gerson Solo Exhibition at the National Museum in Warsaw, 1978 (“Girl with a Book,” cat. no. 4) Private collection of Hanna Waściszewska of Warsaw Private Collection, Warsaw The painting depicts a bust of a girl shown in half-profile. The figure is leaning slightly to the left, with her head resting on her hand. Her face, with delicate features, fair complexion, and so...
Wlastimil HOFMAN (1881 Karlin–1970 Szklarska Poręba), "Warning" oil on cardboard 35 x 50 cm signed lower right: 1932 / Wlastimil Hofman --Visit us atwww.galeria-plac-zamkowy.pl
![JAN STANISŁAWSKI (1860–1907), Landscape from Podolia [Podolian Landscape], ca. 1905](https://img1.one.bid/img/10667/3366470_1w.webp)
![JAN STANISŁAWSKI (1860–1907), Landscape from Podolia [Podolian Landscape], ca. 1905](https://img1.one.bid/img/10667/3366470_2w.webp)
oil on canvas; 24.5 x 38.4 cm. On the reverse: – on the canvas at the top, a faintly legible, handwritten secondary inscription in pencil—partly under the stretcher bar—painted by Jan Stanisławski (?) / in memory of …; on the upper stretcher bar, the number 1 written by hand in red crayon (a collector’s mark?); – on the paper covering the reverse of the painting, at the bottom rig...
oil on canvas (mounted)Dimensions: 102 x 102 cmSigned lower left: 'Wojciech Kossak'ExhibitedExhibition of Equestrian Portraits by Wojciech Kossak, Gainsborough Galleries, New York, May–June 1927 BibliographyWojciech Kossak, Letters to His Wife and Friends (1883–1942), Vol. I, ed. Kazimierz Olszański, Kraków 1985, pp. 259 and 402 Kazimierz Olszański, Wojciech Kossak, Wrocław 1976, p. 38...
GianFrancesco Gonzaga, depicting a still life; silkscreen print on canvas, 50x70 cm
watercolor over a pencil sketch, gouache, paper; 46 x 61 cm (inside frame); signed lower right: Stefan Filipkiewicz. On the reverse of the frame, a paper sticker from Kazimierz Wojciechowski’s Art Salon in Kraków (re-affixed?).
Oil painting on canvas laid on panel, 19th/20th century period, Italian school depicting a Biblical Scene. Dimensions including frame: 45x56 cm. Inner frame dimensions: 34x45 cm. Anonymous artist. Artwork in good condition.
Oil painting on panel, 20th century academic period, Italian school depicting Saint Sebastian. Dimensions including frame: 41x59 cm. Internal frame dimensions: 32x50 cm. Anonymous artist. Work in good condition.
oil on canvas; 50 x 65 cm; signed lower left: (obliterated) The painting is accompanied by an expert report by Prof. Michał Haake, Ph.D., dated February 6, 2025Exhibited: – “From Renoir to Chagall: 100 Years of Painting,” July 8–September 2, 2025, Manes Gallery, Prague Reproduced in: M. Ottavi, A. Mrowiec, “From Renoir to Chagall: 100 Years of Painting,” [exhibition catalog], Prag...
oil on canvas; 50 x 70.5 cm; signed lower right: M. Oracki-Serwin.
oil on cardboardDimensions: 53 x 78 cm (inside the frame)Signed and dated lower left: 'Jerzy Kossak 1930'ProvenanceWarsaw Auction House, December 2021 private collection BiographyJerzy Kossak was trained from an early age in the studio of his grandfather, Juliusz, and his father, Wojciech. In the early 1920s, Jerzy traveled with his father to the manors of Greater Poland, where he painted port...
oil on cardboardDimensions: 49 x 58.5 cm (inside frame)Signed and dated lower right: 'Jerzy Kossak | 1943'BiographyJerzy Kossak was trained from a very young age in the studio of his grandfather, Juliusz, and his father, Wojciech. In the early 1920s, Jerzy traveled with his father to the manors of Greater Poland, where he painted portraits of the local landed gentry. Jerzy Kossak’s paintings...
Ψ Psi—Item to be picked up within the European Union, outside the territory of the Republic of Poland. At the customer’s request, DESA can assist in arranging pickup or transportation. oil on canvasDimensions: 46 x 99 cmsigned and dated lower right: 'Jerzy Kossak 1928' ProvenanceJackson’s International Auction House, Cedar Falls, United States, November 2024 BiographyJerzy Kossak was tr...
Oil on canvas; dimensions: 66 x 55 cm; signed lower right: "S. J. Suder".Stanisław Jerzy Suder (1951–2015) was a Polish painter and visual artist associated with Kraków, where he lived from 1964 onward. He studied surveying but did not pursue a career in his chosen field. In his work, he employed a variety of techniques, creating landscapes, still lifes, flowers, and grotesque and surreali...
gouache, watercolor, paper; 36 x 26 cm; signed lower left: L. Gottlieb.Exhibited: – From Renoir to Chagall: 100 Years of Painting, July 8–September 2, 2025, Manes Gallery, Prague Reproduced in: M. Ottavi, A. Mrowiec, “From Renoir to Chagall: 100 Years of Painting,” [exhibition catalog], Prague 2025, cat. no. 78, p. 109
Pastel on paper; dimensions: 44 x 55 cm; unsigned. Inscribed on the reverse: "Władysław Serfin | 1905–1988 | Kraków". Władysław Serafin (1905–1988) – a painter associated with the Kraków art scene. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Fryderyk Pautsch and Władysław Jarocki, graduating in 1932. His work primarily featured views of Kraków, landscapes of the Tatr...
oil on canvas, 67 x 85 cm, signed lower right: N. Bogdanoff-Bielsky
oil on canvas; 50 x 80 cm; signed lower right: I. Zygmuntowicz.
Roman Antoni BREINTENWALD (1911–1985), No. 2 oil on canvas 50 x 70 cm signed lower left: RBreitenwald --Visit us atwww.galeria-plac-zamkowy.pl
oil on cardboard; 12 x 19.5 cm (inside the frame); signed lower left: WW. On the reverse, an oval stamp with the inscription around it: FROM THE COLLECTION OF WOJCIECH WEISS. THE ARTIST’S HOME, with a facsimile of the artist’s signature in the center; and the number 000629 with the digit 4 added.
oil on cardboard; 48 x 32.5 cm; signed lower right: WIKTOR KORECKI.
oil on cardboardDimensions: 50.5 x 76 cmSigned and dated lower right: 'Jerzy Kossak | 1929'auction labels on the reverseProvenanceDESA Fine Art and Antiques, Kraków, June 2012 private collection Desa Unicum, November 2021 private collection BiographyJerzy Kossak was trained from an early age in the studio of his grandfather, Juliusz, and his father, Wojciech. In the early 1920s, Jerzy travele...
Oil on cardboard; dimensions: 37 x 51 cm; signed lower left: "A. J. Sipiński Siemkowice 1924." On the reverse, a stamp from Jan Żukowski’s Warsaw Art Salon.Józef Alfred Sipiński (1886–1968) —Polish painter and actor, born and died in Poznań. Member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts and the “Pro Arte” Association of Painters; he was active primarily in Warsaw. He ...
Acrylic painting on canvas board, 20th century, Italian School, depicting bathers. Dimensions including frame: 42 × 52 cm. Inner frame dimensions: 30 × 40 cm. Anonymous artist. The artwork is in good condition. Provenance: Private collection.
watercolor on paper, 13.5 x 10 cm, signed lower right: the artist's mark
oil on canvasDimensions: 56 x 81 cmsigned and dated lower right: 'Wojciech Kossak | 1916'BibliographyCompare: Kazimierz Olszański, Wojciech Kossak, Wrocław [et al.], 1990, p. 64, cat. no. 218, and p. nlb, cat. no. 218 (ill.) BiographyHe was the son and student of Juliusz Kossak, the father of Jerzy (also a painter), the poet Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, and the writer Magdalena Samozwanie...
oil on canvas; 110.5 x 116 cm; signed lower right: H. Szczygliński.
oil on canvas; 63 x 63 cm (in frame); signed, inscribed, and dated lower left: MKisling PORONIN 1910.Exhibited: – “Kisling. The Splendor of Montparnasse,” Villa la Fleur, Konstancin-Jeziorna, September 21, 2024 – March 30, 2025; – “From Renoir to Chagall: 100 Years of Painting,” Manes Gallery, Prague, July 8– September 2, 2025, Reproduced in: – Artur Winiarski, “Kisling. Th...
oil on canvas mounted on cardboard; 24.5 x 28.3 cm On the reverse, a stamp featuring a cross and a ribbon with the inscription: 1833 / Józef Szermentowski / 1876. Exhibited: – Posthumous exhibition of Józef Szermentowski, at the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1877 Mentioned in: – “Catalog of Artworks Displayed at the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts E...
Oil on cardboard; dimensions: 50 x 60 cm; signed lower right: "PUFFKE." Press clippings about the artist’s work are affixed to the reverse. Marian Puffke (1888–1925) – painter. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Teodor Axentowicz and Józef Pankiewicz, and furthered his studies in Vienna and Florence. His work centered on landscapes—particularly those of the Tatra ...
pastel on paper; 30 x 40 cm (in a passe-partout frame); signed lower right: WW. On the reverse, an oval stamp with the inscription around it: FROM THE COLLECTION OF WOJCIECH WEISS. THE ARTIST’S HOME, with a facsimile of the artist’s signature in the center WW; below, the date: 1974 (in pencil).
oil on canvas; 73.5 x 100 cm; signed lower left: ST. CZAJKOWSKI
oil on cardboard; 35 x 26.4 cm; signed and inscribed lower right: A. Dzwonkowski 1929 Paris.
oil on canvas; 65 x 92 cm; signed and dated lower right: 1923 / Terlikowski.Exhibited: – From Renoir to Chagall: 100 Years of Painting, July 8–September 2, 2025, Manes Gallery, Prague Reproduced in: M. Ottavi, A. Mrowiec, “From Renoir to Chagall: 100 Years of Painting,” [exhibition catalog], Prague 2025, cat. no. 61, p. 92.