"The Prussian Homage. Matejko for Wawel – Wawel for Matejko"
exhibition reopens March 31, 2009
Matejko's monumental painting is back on view!
In 2007 the conservation of the monumental painting
The Prussian Homage by Jan Matejko (1838–1893) was completed. Carried out by a team of conservators from the Wawel Royal Castle and the National Museum in Cracow, it returned the masterpiece to its former brilliance. The painting, along with its restored frame – also designed by Matejko – is on view in a special exhibition, which traces the stages of the conservation work. The exhibition has an added historical dimension: this is the first time since 1883, when a major anniversary exhibition of Matejko’s work was held here, that visitors will have the opportunity to see the
Homage in the place for which the artist had intended it – the former residence of the Jagellons. After 125 years Matejko's vision has materialized.
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