Mathias Czwiczek
Mathias Czwiczek also Maciej Croiczek, Cwiczeck, Cwiczek, Cwiczeke, Czwiczeck, Czwiczek, Czwiczik, Schwetzge and Schwezge (1601, Královec – 1654, Königsberg), was a Bohemian painter active in Brandenburg-Prussia.[1]
Biography
[edit]According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was court painter to Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and made many trips in his company to the Netherlands and France.[2] He is known for paintings of interiors with figures.[2] In 1628 he entered into service of George William, Elector of Brandenburg.[3] Paintings in the so-called Chapel of Love in Krosno including St. Stanislaus resurrecting the deceased Knight Piotr[4] and portraits of Stanisław Oświęcim and his sister Anna Oświęcimówna are attributed to Czwiczek.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Jean-Pierre Lobies (1988). IBN: Index bio-bibliographicus notorum hominum. Biblio Verlag. p. 119. ISBN 978-3-7648-0726-9.
- ^ a b "Discover painter, court painter Mathias Czwiczek". rkd.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ "Vol. 10". Rocznik olsztyński. Pojezierze. 1972. p. 170.
- ^ Bolesław Przybyszewski, Inga Platowska-Sapetowa (2005). Święty Stanisław biskup męczennik. De arte. p. 674. ISBN 83-90140-50-0.
- ^ Jerzy Malinowski (1993). Where East meets West: portrait of personages of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1576-1763. National Museum in Warsaw. p. 132. ISBN 83-71000-88-X.
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