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File:Stanczyk Matejko.JPG

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Title

Stańczyk.

Alternative title(s):

English: Stańczyk during a Ball at the Court of Queen Bona after the Loss of Smolensk.
Polski: Stańczyk w czasie balu na dworze królowej Bony wobec straconego Smoleńska.
Русский: Шут Станчик на балу печалится о захвате Смоленска русским войском.
Date 1862
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 120 × 88 cm (47.2 × 34.6 in)
Warsaw
Accession number MP 433
Source/Photographer www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl
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