New materials to the war iconography of king John III Sobieski
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Studia Wilanowskie, 1989 r. T. XI
The best proof of popularity of John III in Poland and abroad is his war iconography, especially that part of it which was inspired personally by him. Most of these works were mentioned in A. Czołowski's "Ikonografia wojenna Jana III", however new items that have escaped so far the researchers' notice keep cropping up. These include two works ot which this paper was devoted...
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