03 — ARTWORK
Stañczyk
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 88 x 120 cm
- TYPE
- Portrait
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 800 × 595 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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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.
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@online{wga-r4425856478c2bd,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Stañczyk by MATEJKO, Jan},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-11},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matejko-jan-r96205123e23ab4/staczyk-r4425856478c2bd},
urldate = {2026-09-11},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-11. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
OTHER WORKS BY JAN MATEJKO
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