During the entire period of his activities in the Polish territories, Szymon Czechowicz applied graphic models. The unique character of this approach, arguably stemming from the quality of education he had acquired when in Rome, boiled down to the consistency in his choice of prints, the majority of which he may have brought with him from Rome. As for the choice of compositions for copying and adaptation, Carlo Maratta provided the most important examples. Subsequently, the following Roman artists of the 17 th and early 18 th century should be named: Sebastiano Conca, Niccolò Berrettoni, Pier Leone Ghezzi, Pietro da Cortona, Giovanni Lanfranco, Pietro Nelli, Benedetto Luti, Mario Balassi. Among the presented paintings whose compositions are either literal or minimally modified repetitions of other artists’ solutions, there are hardly any high-quality works: monumental paintings, meant to form part of the high altar. Instead, what dominate are smaller-sized canvases placed in side-altars, crowning the high altar, in the backrests of the choir stalls, as well as a relatively small devotional painting; finally, paintings created with a significant if not dominant, contribution of the studio.
The painting Christ on the Cross in the main altar of the church of Saint Matthew in Mielec has not been the subject of broader art-historical reflection to date. There have been a few isolated mentions of the work, regarding its attribution and dating. The authorship of the work was attributed to Thomas Dolabella or one of his pupils, which was equated to dating it to the first half of the seventeenth century. The identification of the person of the founder, who was Konstanty Przedbor from Koniecpol, the establishment of the chronology of the benefactions received by him and the analysis of the formal features of the painting made it possible to exclude earlier attributions and to specify the time of the painting’s creation to the years around 1690–1695. The article also analyses the iconography of the painting and the way in which the original – a painting by Annibal Carracci from 1594, engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert before 1638 – had been processed.
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Obraz Chrystus na krzyżu w ołtarzu głównym kościoła pw. św. Mateusza w Mielcu nie był do tej pory przedmiotem szerszej refleksji historyczno-artystycznej. Kilkukrotnie pojawiały się o nim pojedyncze wzmianki dotyczące atrybucji i datacji. Autorstwo dzieła przypisywano Tomaszowi Dolabelli lub któremuś z jego uczniów, co było równoznaczne z datowaniem go na pierwszą połowę XVII wieku. Zidentyfikowanie osoby fundatora, którym okazał się Konstanty Przedbor z Koniecpola, ustalenie chronologii otrzymanych przez niego beneficjów oraz przeprowadzona analiza cech formalnych obrazu pozwoliły wykluczyć wcześniejsze atrybucje, a także doprecyzować czas powstania malowidła na lata 1690–1695. W artykule przeprowadzono także analizę ikonografii obrazu oraz sposobu przetworzenia pierwowzoru, czyli dzieła autorstwa Annibala Carracciego z 1594 roku, rytowanego przez Cornelisa Bloemaerta przed 1638 rokiem.
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