Polish painter “Jan Kiliński and Józef Chłopicki”, half of the 19th century
Description
Oil on canvas/wooden board.
Framed: 29x41 cm (17x14 each)
Jan Kiliński (Trzemeszno 1760 - 1819 Warszawa) – was a Polish soldier and one of the commanders of the Kościuszko Uprising. A shoemaker by trade, he commanded the Warsaw Uprising of 1794 against the Russian garrison stationed in Warsaw. He also became a member of Polish provisional government.
Józef Grzegorz Chłopicki (Kapustyn 1771 - 1854 Kraków) – was a Polish general who was involved in fighting in Europe at the time of Napoleon and later, participant in the Kościuszko Uprising, the November Uprising; Baron of the Empire, Baron in the Kingdom of Poland in 1820, Freemason.