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The Sobieskis and Stuarts – the Splendour and Spectre of the Crown
The exhibition is the first in Poland to trace a common thread in the modern history of two distant countries: the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Watch, Isaac Duhamel, c. 1719
William Mosman’s portrait ostentatiously displays a gold watch by Queen Clementina’s right hand.
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The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Filippo d’Azon, “Parentalia In Anniversario Funere Mariæ Clementinæ...”, 1736
In 1736, on the first anniversary of the queen’s funeral, a ceremony was held in Rome, at the Collegium Urbanum, a seminary which trained missionaries, operated by the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.
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The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Portrait of Clementina Sobieska, Johann Martin Bernigeroth, 1725–1750
Clementina Sobieska also became a subject of works by German engravers. The author of this small copperplate engraving, enhanced with roulette effects, produced in the second quarter of the 18th century, was probably Johann Martin Bernigeroth (1713–1767).
