# Stañczyk

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MATEJKO, Jan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matejko-jan-r96205123e23ab4>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 88 x 120 cm

## Commentary

The painting represents Stañczyk, the court jester, during a ball at the court of Queen Bona after the loss of Smolensk. He is the only person at a royal ball who is troubled by the news that the Russians have captured Smolensk.

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of Fryderyk Czartoryski](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matejko-jan-r96205123e23ab4/portrait-of-fryderyk-czartoryski-ree2772ee817419>)

## Attribution

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