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Wladislaus IV (kind of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania)

male / Polish, Swedish

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This field records and makes accessible name variations, as found in sources. Alternate spellings, nicknames, maiden names - with or without the married name - are included in this category.

: Wladislaus Sigismund IV
Ladislaus Sigismund Vasa (koning van Polen)
Wladislaus IV (koning van Polen)
Wladislaus Wasa
Władysław IV Vasa
Ladislas Sigismund IV
Vladislaus IV

Qualifications: art collector, patron, king, noble
was king of Poland from 1632 to 1648; some of the artworks he acquired during his grand tour of 1624-1625, was immortalized in 1626 in a painting of his art cabinet (RKDimages 233549)

Nationality/school: Polish, Swedish

Born: Łobzów 1595-06-09
Łobzów bij Krakau

Deceased: Merkinė 1648-05-20

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: eldest son of Sigismund III of Poland and of Anna of Austria

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).

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2 hits in RKDimages as provenance
4 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1620 - 1648

Active in

Warschau
München 1624-05-17
made a journey through Western Europe (1624-1625). accompanied by Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł and other courtiers, bought several works of art (see Rkdimages 233549)
Keulen
Brussel 1624-09-07 - 1624
The Infante Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain received Wladislaus on September 7, 1624 (Van Hout 2017)
Leuven
Trier
Antwerpen (stad) 1624-09-22 - 1624-09-25
On September 25 he was guest of honor in the town house of Rubens (Van Hout 2017). He also visited the workshop of Jan Bruegel (I)
Breda (plaats) 1624-09-26 - 1624-09-30
He assisted the Siege of Breda and was guided through the army positions by Hendrick Count van den Bergh and Ambrogio Spinola (Van Hout 2017).
Antwerpen (stad) 1624-10-01 - 1624
Van Hout 2017
Brussel 1624-10
Van Hout 2017
Rome
Florence
Genua
Venetië
Polen

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Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 4 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 2 (1719), p. 31 (as: Stanislaus Koning van Polen)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 501, 503 en 505 (as: Wladislaus IV)
Lorentz 1956 , p. 9-11
Thijssen 1992 , p. 193-196 (as: Wladislaw Zygmunt Waza)
Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 32, p. 6-7 (as: Vladislav IV)
Ghent 1997 , esp. p. 43-45 (a description of his journey through the Southern Netherlands)
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

T. Grusiecki, 'Connoisseurship from below. Art collecting and participatory politics in Poland-Lithuania, 1587-1648', Journal of the history of collections 29 (2017) no. 2, p. 209-226 (as Prince Ladislaus Sigismund Vasa)

Project: Gerson Digital : Poland

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Creation date: 2012-10-24; Last modified date: 2023-05-17

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