Room under the Eagles

Historical names: „Pokoy 6 Sypialny” (inwentarz zamku z 1802 r.), „Biały pokój” (inwentarz zamku z 1862 r.), „Sypialny pokój gościnny Nr 5” (Spis inwentarzowy ruchomości zamku łańcuckiego, 1929 r.)
Time of origin: 1770s, rebuilt at the end of the 19th century
Architects: unknown
Artists: unknown

This room is located on the ground floor of the castle in Łańcut, in the northern wing. It was arranged in the 1770s. Its present appearance is the result of the reconstruction of the rooms in the northern wing of the castle at the end of the 19th century. At that time, the vault was partially leveled and replaced with a ceiling with a wide ceiling crown moulding. The crown moulding and the ceiling are covered by "en grisaille" and polychrome painting. In the middle of the ceiling there is a painted red and white rosette filled with ornaments: in the center with a spiral motif, surrounded by ring made of alternating vegetal twigs. The rosette in a frame made of a plant flagellum and two eagles in a symmetrical arrangement. The ceiling crown moulding is decorated with a painting with a repeating motif of a flagellum and putti, supporting a shield with Stanisław Lubomirski's interlocking monogram. It is a painting from the end of the 19th century, being a reconstruction of the original decoration of the ceiling from the 1770s, discovered in 1959. In the bottom part, the walls of the room have painted wooden paneling and are covered with a beige fabric with a pattern representing wreaths made of plant branches. According to the castle's registry from 1802, this room was used as a bedroom. In the times of the last landowner, Alfred Potocki, his guests stayed there.

Bibliografia:
Z. Kossakowska-Szanajca, B. Majewska-Maszkowska, Zamek w Łańcucie, Warszawa 1964 Katalog zabytków sztuki w Polsce, seria nowa, t. 3: Województwo rzeszowskie, pod red. M. Omilanowskiej, J. Sito, z. 5: Łańcut i okolice, oprac. M. Omilanowska, J. Sito, Warszawa 1994

Compilation: Barbara Trojnar