Discover collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, noble, king Stanislaus II August Poniatowski (King of Poland)

Stanislaus II August Poniatowski (King of Poland)

male / Polish

collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, noble, king

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: Poniatowski, Stanislaus II August

Qualifications: collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, noble, king
Of the 2.290 paintings in the inventory of his collection in 1795, 225 were Dutch or Flemish.

Nationality/school: Polish

Born: Vowchyn 1732-01-17

Deceased: Sint-Petersburg (city) 1798-02-12

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: lover of future empress Catherine the Great of Russia

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Aalst and Yver were his agents in the Dutch Republic (Gerson 1942/1983, p. 506)

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5 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

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Sint-Petersburg (stad) 1755
Lazienkipaleis (Warschau) 1764 - 1795
Sint-Petersburg (stad)
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spent two years in Paris (Gerson 1942/1983, p. 507)

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Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 5 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 506-507 (as: Stanislaus II (p. 506) and Stanislaus Poniatowski (p. 507))
Bialostocki/Walicki 1957 , p. 26
Lorentz 1956 , p. 13-14

K. Bomford and G. Waterfield (eds.), Treasures of a Polish king. Stanislaus Augustus as patron and collector, London 1992 [exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery]
A. Rottermund, ‘Stanislaus Augustus as Patron of the Arts’, in Bomford/Waterfield 1992, p. 23–36
G. Waterfield and Chr. Brown, Kolekcja dla Króla. Treasures of a Polish King: Stanislaus Augustus as Patron and Collector, Warsaw 1992 [exh. Royal Castle, Warsaw]
R. Butterwick, Poland's Last King and English Culture: Stanisław August Poniatowski, 1732-1798, London 1998
E. Manikowska, 'Der Erwerb von Kunst und Luxusgütern für Stanisław August Poniatowsk und das Danziger Netzwerk', in: M. Krieger and M. North (eds), Land und Meer. Kultureller Austausch zwischen Westeuropa und dem Ostseeraum in der Frühen Neuzeit, Cologne/Weimar/Vienna 2004, p. 109-128
E. Manikowska, 'Acquirering paintings for the Polish Court: King Stanislaw August (1764-1995) and his agents', in : F. Vermeylen, H. Vlieghe, D. Lyna, Art auctions and dealers : the dissemination of Netherlandish painting during the Anciene Régime, Turnhout 2009, p. 109-125
I. A. C. Dejardin, D. Juszczak and H. Małachowicz, Dulwich Picture Gallery. The Polish connection, London 2009 [exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery]

Project: Gerson Digital : Poland
Gerson Digital : United Kingdom

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Creation date: 2011-05-03; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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