Author unknown
Title: Pan Twardowski on a Cockerel (1885)
Technique: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 42 x 38.5 cm
Dimensions with frame: 50 x 47 cm
Signed with monogram l.d.; dated l.d.: "1885".
The scene depicted was most likely taken from an engraving by Jan Styfi created according to a composition by Juliusz Kossak and reproduced in "Tygodnik Ilustrowanym" (1862, no. 168, p. 236), in the article "Podanie o czarnoksiężniku Twardowskim. With drawings by J. Kossak(ibidem, pp. 235-237).
The painting depicts a scene just after Mr. Twardowski's ride on a rooster, when: "Twardowski nodded as a sign of satisfaction, and the devil bowed low. [...]"
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