Oil, canvas
Dimensions: 40 cm x 30 cm
Signed and dated in the lower right corner: WT|1877
Signed, dated and described on the reverse: Frederick August | Elector of Saxony, King of Poland | born 1670 | reigned in Poland 1697 - 1706 | 1709 - 1733 | rests in Krakow. | painted by Wlad. Trelewski | 1877
Biography
Wladyslaw Trelewski was a Gniezno artist active in the 19th century. He was an important figure for Gniezno, as he described the history of Greater Poland. Trelewski was primarily engaged in court portrait painting. He painted the crowned heads of the Republic. Most of his works were destroyed during the wars.
