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Photographer: Painting by Jan Matejko, published by Salon Malarzy Polskich
Caption: Polonia - 1863
Additional Description: Painted by Matejko in 1864, after the failed January Uprising in the preceding year, the painting was hidden behind Matejko's stove at home for a dozen years before being sold privately. The allegorical painting depicts the fate of "Polonia", i.e. Poland, at the hands of the Russians and Prussians, and was published as a postcard by Salon Malarzy Polskich in 1904.
Submitted: June 19, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p431491
File Size: 0.295 Megabytes

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