On The Death of Saint Joseph. Notes on the book by Jan Zieliński

Keywords: Raphael, The Death of Saint Joseph, Renaissance, Carl Maratti, Cyprian Norwid, Jan Zieliński

Abstract

This article introduces French press sources discussing the painting The Death of Saint Joseph exhibited in Galerie Colbert in Paris during the summer of 1862, whose authorship was attributed at the time to Raphael. One admirer of the exhibition was Cyprian Norwid.Under the impression that he was in the presence of a Renaissance masterpiece, he wrote two touching letters to Joanna Kuczyńska, in which he shared his impressions of the exhibition. The cited sources supplement the findings contained in the book by Jan Zieliński, reveal the inside story behind the mystification, and narrate the future fate of the painting admired by the poet.

References

Kuczera-Chachulska B., Na marginesie książki Jana Zielińskiego „Obraz pogodnej śmierci: Norwid, Rafael, Maratti i Śmierć świętego Józefa” – kilka uwag, „Wiek XIX: Rocznik Towarzystwa Literackiego imienia Adama Mickiewicza” 2013, nr 48.

Lathers M., Bodies of art. French Literary Realism and the Artists’ Model, Lincoln 2001.

Winnicka-Gburek J., Krytyka – etyka – sacrum. W stronę aksjologicznej krytyki artystycznej, Gdańsk 2015.

Zieliński Jan, Obraz pogodnej śmierci. Norwid, Rafael, Maratti i „Śmierć świętego Józefa”, Lublin 2010.

Published
2021-11-19
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