Artist
Augustyn Mirys
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1700–1790
Augustyn Mirys was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Rococo painting artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at National Museum in Kraków. Augustyn Mirys was born in France.
Portrait of Ludwika Honorata Lubomirska née Pociej (d. 1786), wife of the Kiev voivode
Portrait of Jan Klemens Branicki (1689–1771), Grand Hetman of the Crown
Portrait of Jan Jacek Tarnowski (1729–1808), Starost of Kahorlice and Byszów
Portrait of Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski (1756–1787)
Portrait of Zuzanna Poltz née Link, wife of Daniel – court painter of Augustus III
Augustyn Mirys (8 January 1700 – 8 March 1790) was a Polish painter of Scottish-French origin. Augustyn was born probably in France and educated in Rome. There in 1739 he met a Polish aristocrat Jan Kajetan Jabłonowski and moved to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In Poland he worked for the Jabłonowskis, the Cetners, the Krasińskis and marechal Franciszek Bieliński. In early 1750s he entered the service of Jan Klemens Branicki and moved to his private town: Białystok. He was later granted an indygenat, which meant he held by law all the privileges granted to Polish nobles.
He died in Nowe Miasto near Białystok. Mirys worked mainly in oil and pastel. He was active as a portraitist and a decorator. He had a son Silvestre David Mirys (1750-1810), who became a painter and illustrator active in France.
Works by Augustyn Mirys
- Portrait of Ludwika Honorata Lubomirska née Pociej (d. 1786), wife of the Kiev voivode
- Portrait of Jan Klemens Branicki (1689–1771), Grand Hetman of the Crown
- Portrait of Jan Jacek Tarnowski (1729–1808), Starost of Kahorlice and Byszów
- Portrait of Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski (1756–1787)
- Portrait of Zuzanna Poltz née Link, wife of Daniel – court painter of Augustus III
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