Kielisinski K.W. - Church on Smolensk in Krakow

Signatures under the engraving, left - K.W.K. r. of 1832. ; right rob.aqf. 1838. 22nd Mar. in Medyka.
Original etching by Kajetan Wincenty Kielisinski, designed on March 22, 1838. The engraving did not appear in the portfolio collecting a set of the artist's works titled Album by W. Kielisinski, published by J.K. Żupański in Poznań, from 1853, nor in the supplement to the same titled Supplementary sheet to Album by Kielisinski from 1855.

The graphic depicts the Rectoral Church of the Divine Mercy in Smolensk, Krakow - another state of this graphic, digitized on polona.pl from the collection of the Jagiellonian Library, has the doritized title: Church of the Holy Cross in Smolensk, Krakow.
Dimensions of the view 4.2 x 7.4 cm, including the frame 13 x 16.1 cm.

Kajetan Wincenty (actually Wawrzyniec) Kielisiński (1808-1849) - painter, graphic artist, librarian. Student of one of the most important Polish graphic artists of the mid-19th century - Jan Feliks Piwarski, author of numerous drawings and etchings devoted to folklore and life of Polish cities and towns, one of the first Polish creators of exlibrises.