[KRAKOW - married couple Krakowiak from Bronowice - portrait photograph, posed - shot in card de visite format]. [...

[KRAKOW - married couple of Krakowiaks from Bronowice - portrait photograph, posed - shot in card de visite format]. [l. 70s of the 19th century]. Photograph form. 9.1x5.7 cm on original backing form. 10.8x6.7 cm, by J[gnacy] Krieger in Kraków.
Married couple from Bronowice, a village near Krakow, made famous by Young Poland artists. Shot in full figure, they are standing posing in regional costumes - the woman dressed in a richly embroidered serdak, skirt under a linen stocking, with a cap on her head and a quadruple string of beads around her neck, holding a prayer book in her left hand; the man dressed in a dress robe with red epaulettes, wearing a hat on his head tapering upward, decorated with a wide band. Photo pasted on original cardboard backing with red border. On the lower margin of the backing print: "J. Krieger in Krakow". On the back an advertising vignette printed: "J. Krieger Photographer in Krakow in the main Market Square on Sgo Jana Street in the corner house at L. 37", below the overprint: "Imitation is reserved". In the lower right corner of the plate number "129". Similar shot reprod. in: E. Gaczol and T. Kwiatkowska "Ignacy Krieger," p. 28 (colored version). Local staining, mainly of the undercoat, otherwise good condition.
I. Krieger (1820-1889) - Cracow photographer, one of the pioneers of Polish photography. Known primarily for his 'krajowidoks' - photographs of the architecture, streets and squares of Krakow. He was also the author of excellent portraits. He established his atelier in 1860, where he was eagerly photographed by Krakow's bourgeoisie, suburban residents and, later, Galician peasants. Among other things, he created a series of photographs of Galician residents - inhabitants of villages near Krakow, Jews from Kazimierz, highlanders from Podhale, Pieniny and Cieszyn Silesia, Hutsuls, Ruthenians and even gypsies from the tribe of Kliderash, whose caravan passed through Krakow at the time. He also documented the life of the city by placing representatives of various professions in his photographs. He photographed sacred and secular buildings, architectural details, restoration work at Wawel Cathedral and St. Mary's Church. After his death, the establishment was run by his son Natan (until 1904) and daughter Amelia.