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4.Anonymousartist,TeFoundingoftheFacultyofScience
andFineArtattheUniversityofWarsaw,oiloncanvas,
c.1830,MNW
1830
RoyalUniversityofWarsaw,HisExcellencytheDean,theReverend
SzweykowskiwasintroducedtotheMonarchbytheMinister,as
wellastheProfessors,intheorderofthefiveAcademicFaculties.6
WhereasBacciarelli’spaintingisofarathersymboliccharacter,
Brodowski’sshowsasituationwhichmayhavetakenplaceduringthe
eventdescribedabove,althoughthisfacthasthusfarnotreceivedany
attentionfromscholars.Nevertheless,thecompositionofbothworksis
similar,andtheyshareasimilarlydramatichistory.Althoughtheorigi-
nalshavenotsurvived,Bacciarelli’spaintingisknownfromareduced
copyintheNationalMuseuminWarsaw,andBrodowski’sfromanoil
sketchintheNationalMuseuminPoznań.Brodowski’sfinishedpaint-
ing,ofamuchlargerformat,usedtohanginthehallsoftheUniversity;
unfortunatelyitwastakentoRussiain1915anddestroyedbyfiredur-
ingtheBolshevikRevolution.
BothBrodowskiandBacciarelli’spaintingsareknownfrom
severalprints;Brodowski’sworkwasalsoadaptedbyananonymous
painteroflimitedtalent,activeinthe1830sor1840s,inasmall-format
painting(Fig.4).Tislittle-knownpainting,likeNapoleonConferring
theConstitution,belongstotheNationalMuseuminWarsaw.Itisalmost
amirrorimageofBrodowski’scanvas,buttherector,cladinanermine-
linedrobe,isseentotheleftofNapoleon,likeStaszicandPotocki(and
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