Marcin Zaleski [Attributed] (1796-1877), Sacristy in St. Anne's Church in Warsaw, 1840./1850.

oil, canvas / 56 x 79 cm
82 x 105.5 cm, dimensions with frame
inventory number: UK/sc/12/10/2020/2
ORIGIN:
private collection

Marcin Zaleski, the most outstanding Polish Vedutist of the 19th century, a continuator of the tradition started in Polish painting by Bernard Bellott called Canalett. The artist specialized in views of Warsaw and interiors of Warsaw's historic sacred and secular buildings. He also painted views of monuments in other cities, including Krakow, Vilnius, Kaunas and Zamosc. Most of his work, including a collection of family heirlooms, was destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising. Marcin Zaleski was born in Cracow in 1796 and died in Warsaw in 1877.