Vladislaus Jogaila

After Karol Franciszek Rypiński (1809–1892).

BALIŃSKI MICHAŁ, HISTORYA MIASTA WILNA. T. 1: ZAWIERAJĄCY DZIEJE WILNA OD ZAŁOŻENIA MIASTA AŻ DO ROKU 1430, WILNO, 1836.

The portrait of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania drawn by Karol Rypiński (1809–1892) and lithographed at the workshop of Anton Klukowski (1806–after 1864) is interesting as a record of a sculptural image of Grand Duke Jogaila. A marble portrait of Jogaila (Vladislaus Jagiello) was made by André Jean Lebrun (1737–1811), the first professor of sculpture at Vilnius University, who started teaching there in 1803. He had received his artistic training in Paris and Rome, and from 1768 to 1795 he lived and worked in Warsaw and was sculptor to the court of King Stanisław August Poniatowski. Only a few sculptures by Lebrun in Vilnius have survived. The bust of Jogaila used to be in the collection of the university. Later, it was part of the collection of the Medical-Surgical Academy. The ruler is depicted in the portrait in antique dress, like a Roman hero, typical of the Age of the Enlightenment.
The lithograph was used as an illustration to the first volume of ‘A History of the City of Vilnius’ by Michał Baliński in 1836 (after the foreword).

Text author Rūta Janonienė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė

After Karol Franciszek Rypiński (1809–1892).

BALIŃSKI MICHAŁ, HISTORYA MIASTA WILNA. T. 1: ZAWIERAJĄCY DZIEJE WILNA OD ZAŁOŻENIA MIASTA AŻ DO ROKU 1430, WILNO, 1836.

The portrait of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania drawn by Karol Rypiński (1809–1892) and lithographed at the workshop of Anton Klukowski (1806–after 1864) is interesting as a record of a sculptural image of Grand Duke Jogaila. A marble portrait of Jogaila (Vladislaus Jagiello) was made by André Jean Lebrun (1737–1811), the first professor of sculpture at Vilnius University, who started teaching there in 1803. He had received his artistic training in Paris and Rome, and from 1768 to 1795 he lived and worked in Warsaw and was sculptor to the court of King Stanisław August Poniatowski. Only a few sculptures by Lebrun in Vilnius have survived. The bust of Jogaila used to be in the collection of the university. Later, it was part of the collection of the Medical-Surgical Academy. The ruler is depicted in the portrait in antique dress, like a Roman hero, typical of the Age of the Enlightenment.
The lithograph was used as an illustration to the first volume of ‘A History of the City of Vilnius’ by Michał Baliński in 1836 (after the foreword).

Text author Rūta Janonienė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė