17 Works, June 24th. is Jan Matejko’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #171
Jul 20, 2021
Prophecy of the Ukrainian Bard
Oil on canvas
Height: 292 cm, Width: 206 cm
National Museum in Krakow
Wernyhora is a legendary 18th century Cossack bard who prophetized the fall of Poland and its subsequent rebirth and flourishing, “from Black to White sea”.
He has been a subject of several folklore tales and poems, particularly in the 19th century romanticism in Poland. More on Wernyhora
Jan Alojzy Matejko (also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838–1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history…