woodcut, paper, 33 x 27 cm
woodcut, paper; 33 x 27 cm (clear frame); signed on panel p. d., bound monogram 'JM';
engraved by Jan Styfi - signed p. d.'
The work comes from: "Album of Jan Matejko", Warsaw [1874-1876]. Nakł. I druk. Salomon Leventhal.
Drawings on woodcut blocks were mostly made personally by Jan Matejko, engraved by the most prominent wood engravers of the period, min. Jan Styfi, Józef Holewiński, Aleksander Regulski, Edward Gorazdowski, Andrzej Zajkowski.
Jan Styfi (1841-1921) - Warsaw wood engraver, one of the most distinguished Polish xylographers, creator and organizer of wood engraving workshops in Warsaw, educator. Salomon (Franciszek Salezy) Lewental (1841-1902), Warsaw publisher and bookseller, founder of the weekly newspaper "Kłosy".
