THE GARDEN SCULPTURES AT THE VOLHYNIAN ARISTOCRATIC RESIDENCE OF MLYNÓW AND THEIR CREATOR, GRZEGORZ CZAYKOWSKI

• Authors: Mikocka-Rachubowa K.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, a magnificent residence was raised at Mlynów in Volhynia for its contemporaneous owner, Ludwika Chodkiewiczowa of the Rzewuskis. Work was commenced in 1785 with the laying out on both sides of a palatial parade courtyard of an extensive garden, in which pavilions, arbours, grottoes, cascades and miniature bridges were created. The main decorative element, however, were its stone statues. Little has been discovered on the subject of these sculptures, apart from their inclusion in an inventory of the residence at the end of the 18th century, in which no mention is made of their designer. Grzegorz Czaykowski, the sculptor commissioned was a completely unknown figure until now, and nothing is known about his other works. Archival materials preserved in the Wawel at Cracow reveal that he was a resident of Podkarmien - a village situated close to Mlynów - that he sculpted in wood and stone and he died some time after 1828. His creative work does not appear to have been of a particularly skilled level, although the fact he was entrusted with a contract of this importance seems to suggest that he must have enjoyed some renown among the local Polish aristocracy.

Keywords

EN

CZAYKOWSKI GRZEGORZ; MLYNÓW (VOLHYNIA) ARISTOCRATIC RESIDENCE; NEO-CLASSICAL SCULPTURE

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Biuletyn Historii Sztuki
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 251-257
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mikocka-Rachubowa K.

• K. Mikocka-Rachubowa, Instytut Sztuki PAN, ul Dluga 26/28, 00-950 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01433169