Mathias Czwiczek

Mathias Czwiczek also Maciej Croiczek, Cwiczeck, Cwiczek, Cwiczeke, Czwiczeck, Czwiczek, Czwiczik, Schwetzge and Schwezge (1601, Královec – 1654, Königsberg), was a Bohemian painter active in Brandenburg-Prussia.^[1]

Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (1597–1660) posing as the Queen of Sheba with her husband George William, Elector of Brandenburg at her feet and her son Frederick Willem and his wife Louise Henriette in attendance.

Biography

According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was court painter to Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and made many trips in his company to the Netherlands and France.^[2] He is known for paintings of interiors with figures.^[2] In 1628 he entered into service of George William, Elector of Brandenburg.^[3] Paintings in the so-called Chapel of Love in Krosno including St. Stanislaus resurrecting the deceased Knight Piotr^[4] and portraits of Stanisław Oświęcim and his sister Anna Oświęcimówna are attributed to Czwiczek.^[5]

References

1. Jean-Pierre Lobies (1988). IBN: Index bio-bibliographicus notorum hominum. Biblio Verlag. p. 119. ISBN 978-3-7648-0726-9.
2. "Discover painter, court painter Mathias Czwiczek". rkd.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
3. "Vol. 10". Rocznik olsztyński. Pojezierze. 1972. p. 170.
4. Bolesław Przybyszewski, Inga Platowska-Sapetowa (2005). Święty Stanisław biskup męczennik. De arte. p. 674. ISBN 83-90140-50-0.
5. Jerzy Malinowski (1993). Where East meets West: portrait of personages of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1576-1763. National Museum in Warsaw. p. 132. ISBN 83-71000-88-X.

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