Port in the moonlight
18th century
Castle Museum in Łańcut
Part of the collection: Painting and drawing
View of Łańcut Castle The painting is executed in the lean tempera on paper technique and derives from the Potocki collection, the former owners of the Łańcut Castle. It presents a view of the castle from the western side, from the side of the south-western tower. The castle (before the neo-Gothic reconstruction) is presented in a perspective and shown together with defence walls, embankments (as a stronghold) and a moat. The north-western tower is visible almost in full, with the armoury (arsenal), the western section of the moat with a gate building and a drawbridge. The moat is lined with linden tree alleys. Next to the north-western tower (the library pavilion does not exist yet), there is a gate leading to the garden section. The buildings of the castle and the arsenal are beige and pink, the trees and the grass are green and grey. The castle has two floors, covered with a gabled roof, with an alley leading to the main entrance from the gate building, and another one branching off to the arsenal. There is water in the moat. The painting is dated at approx. 1830 and made by an unknown painter. It can be viewed in the Room Under the Views on the ground floor of the Łańcut Castle.
Author / creator
Dimensions
height: 95 cm, width: 125 cm
Object type
Painting and drawing
Technique
tempera
Material
paper, canvas
Origin / acquisition method
zakup
Creation time / dating
Creation / finding place
Owner
Castle Museum in Łańcut
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Location / status
18th century
Castle Museum in Łańcut
17th century
Castle Museum in Łańcut
18th century
Castle Museum in Łańcut
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