File:Orłowski Fighting for a river crossing.jpg

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Aleksander Orłowski: Fighting for a river crossing.  wikidata:Q28933385 reasonator:Q28933385
Artist
Aleksander Orłowski  (1777–1832)  wikidata:Q937911
 
Aleksander Orłowski
Alternative names
Алекса́ндр О́сипович Орло́вский
Description -Polish painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 9 March 1777 Edit this at Wikidata 13 March 1832 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Warsaw Saint Petersburg
Work location
Warsaw (1777-1802), Saint Petersburg (1802-1832)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q937911
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Fighting for a river crossing.
label QS:Lfr,"La bataille au passage."
label QS:Len,"Fighting for a river crossing."
label QS:Lpl,"Bitwa o przeprawę."
Object type watercolor painting / drawing Edit this at Wikidata
Genre battle painting Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Karol Sierakowski Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1801
date QS:P571,+1801-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium watercolor on paper
Dimensions height: 33.5 cm (13.1 in); width: 53 cm (20.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,33.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,53U174728
institution QS:P195,Q153306
Current location
not on view
Accession number
Rys.Pol.9826
Object history 1941: transferred to National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) from Gołuchów Castle
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Monogram and date lower lef:

AO 1801
Notes The work depicts Kościuszko's troops battling the Russian army for a river crossing, most probably a battle faught near Krupczyce on the Trościanica river (today's Belarus) on September 17, 1794 with the Polish troops under command of Karol Sierakowski on the left.
References

Dorota Folga-Januszewska, Katarzyna Murawska-Muthesius (2001). National Museum in Warsaw: guide : galleries and study collections. Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie. ISBN 83-71001-26-6, p. 226

Agnieszka Morawińska (1988). Nineteenth century Polish painting. National Academy of Design, p. 47
Source/Photographer wolnelektury.pl

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