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another,unidentifieddignitary).Ontherightisagroupofsix,notve,
deans(whereasthefirstUniversityhadonlyfivefaculties).Temost
venerableofthedeans,standingatthefrontofthegroup,isbeingintro-
ducedtoAlexanderIbytherector;heisholdingarolled-updocument
inhisrighthand.7Tescene,therefore,doesnotdepictthesymbolic
foundingoftheUniversity,buttheestablishmentofoneofitsfaculties.
TesixthdeanismostprobablyMarcelloBacciarelli,whoheldthetitle
ofhonoraryDeanoftheFacultyofScienceandtheFineArtsuntilhis
deathon5January1818sohecouldnothavebeenpresentduring
theroyalvisitinAprilofthatyear;thusthesceneisadepictionofthe
establishmentofthisparticularfaculty.
Theinceptionof
theCongressKingdom
TeKingdomofPoland,commonlyandsomewhatironically
knownastheCongressKingdom,wasbornoutoftheDuchyofWarsaw
andwasofciallyproclaimedinWarsawon20July1815.Tescene
showninBacciarelli’spaintingthereforeconcurswithPoland’shistory,
inwhichNapoleon’splacewastakenbyAlexanderI.Tetransformation
5.PortraitofStanisławStaszic,
steelengraving,after1826,
theMuseumofWarsaw
1826
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