#jagiellon

[classic-art-favourites]

Barbara Radziwill by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1553-1556.

[artinpl]

Woodcut depicting the "Sarmatian Jupiter" - King Sigismund I (1467-1548), by circle of Maciej Wirzbięta (1523-1605) after lost original painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder from around 1540, published in 1574 in Zwierziniec … by Mikołaj Rej (1505-1569), original woodcut created before 1562, National Library of Poland.

The poem below praises the king, referring to him as "our Jupiter", king of the gods, the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras.

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[acepolish]

where’s my jagiellon series that starts with jagiełło coming to poland and meeting 12-year-old jadwiga and jadwiga stright up tells him that she partly conquered this one land and if he wants to he can conquer the rest of it and he just stares at her. where’s my jagiellon series.

[silentambassadors]

Spoczywaj w pokoju, Anna Jagiellon.  The last leader of the House of Jagiellon, which had ruled Poland/Lithuania/Hungary/Bohemia for nearly 200 years, Queen and Grand Duchess Anna died on this date in 1586 at the age of 72 with no direct issue, promoting her nephew, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa to the Polish/Lithuanian throne.

Stamp details: Issued on: March 31, 1998 From: Warsaw, Poland MC #3703

[artinpl]

Partially fantastical portrait of elected Queen Anna Jagiellon (1523-1596), based on the lost original, most likely by the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger from about 1583-1590.

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© Marcin Latka

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[artinpl]

Jagiellonian institution of "assistants of marriage" (matrimonii adiutores), according to Pope Pius II (1405-1464) …

"Noble ladies have lovers in public, with the permission of their husbands, whom they call assistants of marriage. It is a shame for men to add a mistress to their legitimate wife. Marriages are easily dissolved by mutual consent, and they marry again".

Works of art from the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw:

(1) Joseph and Potiphar's wife by Monogramist MS, before 1534, print before 1849 (paper, 10.6 x 14.2 cm, inv. Gr.Pol.2392/116 MNW), a woodcut probably made from 16th-century blocks kept in the Jagiellonian Library;

(2) Joseph and Potiphar's wife by Pietro Liberi (1605-1687), second quarter of the 17th century (oil on canvas, 132 x 168.5 cm , inv. M.Ob.2290 MNW);

(3) Joseph and Potiphar's wife by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), 1634 (paper, 9.4 x 11.8 cm, inv. Gr.Ob.Hol.203506/2 MNW), etching, signed and dated lower left: "Rembrandt f. 1634";

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(4) "Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei Senensis, qui post adeptum …", p. 417, published in Basel in 1551, Bavarian State Library in Munich, VD16 P 3093.

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[sheepskeleton-art]

Hello! I was wondering if you had commissions open and if there were any spaces?

Not at the moment, sorry! I should be able to reopen them in February so keep an eye on that! ^^ 

[worldwanderings-net]

Statue of King Casimir IV Jagiellon

Back in the old days, Poland was also a monarchy much like the rest of Europe. However, the Poland of that time was different from the Poland that is seen today. For one thing, Malbork itself was a territory of the Teutonic order. They seemed to be more like mercenaries and the rulers of Poland didn't think favorably of them. Nearby Prussia also didn't like them so they worked together with the king of Poland who was Casimir IV Jagiellon to get rid of the order. The Teutonic Order was defeated and Malbork including Prussia, came unto Polish rule.

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