Hanging of the Sigismund bell at the Cathedral Tower in 1521 in Kraków, Jan Matejko

Hanging of the Sigismund bell at the Cathedral Tower in 1521 in Kraków

Zawieszenie dzwonu Zygmunta na wieży katedry w Krakowie w 1521 roku (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish) (1838-1893)

Movement: Academic art
Date: 1874
Medium: Oil on wood
Collection: National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Musée national de Varsovie, public domain

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