woodcut, paper, 18 x 14 cm (clear passe-partout); signed and dated on matrix l. d. with bound monogram: JM / 1868; signed by the xylographer on the matrix p. d.: F. ZABŁOCKI.
In the afterword, Lewental wrote: "The album included the finest paintings of the master, made in recent times; with the exception of the reproductions of Rejtan, Ivan the Terrible, and the Bard of the Lyricist, reproduced most faithfully by Messrs. Maszyński and Witkiewicz, according to photographs taken from the originals, all other works were drawn on wood by Matejko himself " [...] the execution of each of such woodcuts as, for example. Stefan Batory, Sejm in Lublin , etc., required six months of time each, not counting the time used to draw them on wood [...]Salomon (Franciszek Salezy) Lewental (1841-1902), Warsaw publisher and bookseller, founder of the weekly newspaper "Kłosy".
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