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Summary

Jan Matejko: Rejtan

Artist



Description	Polish painter Polish painter, a leading 19th-century
Date of birth/death	24 June 1838	1 November 1893
Location of birth/death	Free City of Kraków	Kraków
Work location	Vienna; Paris; Munich
Authority file	: Q189117 VIAF: 27863576 ISNI: 0000000108826913 ULAN: 500000325 LCCN: n82234077 NLA: 35345706 WorldCat

Title

Čeština: Rejtan - pád Polska.

English: Rejtan - The Fall of Poland.

Polski: Rejtan - upadek Polski.

Русский: Рейтан - Падение Польши.

Français : Rejtan - La chute de la Pologne.

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Depicted people

Tadeusz Rejtan

Date

1866

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 282 cm (111 in); width: 487 cm (15.9 ft)

Collection

Royal Castle in Warsaw

	Native name	Zamek Królewski w Warszawie
	Location	Warsaw
	Coordinates	52° 14′ 52″ N, 21° 00′ 51″ E
	Established	1984 (Museum)
	Website	www.zamek-krolewski.pl
	Authority file	: Q756098 VIAF: 152815748 ISNI: 0000000123590478 LCCN: n81120653 OSM: 64436 GND: 1092766-9 WorldCat

Current location

Warsaw

Accession number

ZKW/1048 (Royal Castle in Warsaw)

Notes

English: Tadeusz Rejtan (lower right) in September 1773 tried to prevent the legalization of the first partition of Poland by preventing the members of Sejm from leaving the chamber.

Source/Photographer

en:Image:Rejtan_Upadek_Polski_Matejko.jpg

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:43, 9 January 2014	2,546 × 1,447 (940 KB)	Bogomolov.PL	better resolution
	14:10, 6 October 2012	1,703 × 969 (340 KB)	Bogomolov.PL	color correction
	11:26, 23 February 2008	1,703 × 969 (248 KB)	Goku122
	02:23, 2 July 2006	800 × 451 (110 KB)	Bonas	"Rejtan - The Fall of Poland", oil on canvas by Jan Matejko, 1866, 282 x 487 cm, Royal Castle in Warsaw. Tadeusz Rejtan (lower right) in September 1773 tried to preve