1856
oil
canvas
From the collection of National Museum in Kraków
Portret Leonarda Serafińskiego is a 1856 oil by Jan Matejko, held at National Museum in Kraków.
This portrait shows a man with a red beard and mustache, wearing a dark green coat with a fur collar. He has a book in his left hand and is seated in a chair. The man's attire suggests he is from a higher social class, and the book in his hand may indicate that he is educated or interested in reading. The dark background of the painting draws attention to the subject. The artist's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures, adds depth to the portrait. To learn more about this technique, look up chiaroscuro.
Jan Alojzy Matejko (Polish pronunciation: ; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history.
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