1781
oil
canvas
From the collection of National Museum in Warsaw
Dominant colour
Portrait of Stanisław August Poniatowski is a 1781 oil by Marcello Bacciarelli, held at National Museum in Warsaw.
This painting shows a man in a dark robe with gold accents, holding a scepter in his right hand. He has white hair and is looking at the viewer. The man's robe is dark green with a white lining, and he is wearing a red sash around his neck. The background of the painting is dark, which makes the man stand out. You can learn more about this style of painting by looking into the technique of chiaroscuro.
Marcello Bacciarelli (Italian pronunciation: ; 16 February 1731 – 5 January 1818) was an Italian-born painter of the late-baroque and Neoclassic periods active in Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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