Painter unspecified, Polish - S.O. monogrammer, 19th century, Portrait of Jerzy Ks. Zbaraski, 1823

oil, copper sheet; 31.5 x 29.5 cm;
Signed on reverse, edge of frame spotted: S.O 1823 Fec.
In the upper left corner the Korybut coat of arms and the monogram GXZ, i.e. Georgius X Duke Zbaraski (1574-1631) - castellan of Cracow - the most important position in the Senate of the Republic. The prince was also a starosta in Wiślica, Pinsk, Radochow, Sokal and Żarnowiec. He expanded the castle in Zbarazh near Ternopil. A long-time member of the Sejm. He built an ancestral chapel in the Dominican Church in Cracow, where he is buried.