Saturday, February 14, 2015

Knight on bay horse, Piotr Michalowski (1801-1855)

  Piotr Michałowski (July 2, 1800 – June 9, 1855) was a Polish painter of the Romantic period, especially known for his many portraits, and oil studies of horses. Broadly educated, he was also a social activist, legal advocate, city administrator and President of the Kraków Agricultural Society (since 1853).[1] The Sukiennice Museum, a division of the National Museum in Kraków, contains a room named after him and devoted to Michałowski's work.
  Postage stamp was printed in Poland in 1968.
  • Country: Poland
  • Year: 1968-10-01
  • Subject: Persons, Art
  • Estimated cost: 40 zl. (at the rate of exchange 1968)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1864