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Bird Frieze, Faras
A 7th century CE bird frieze from a cathedral at Faras, southern Egypt/northern Kush. (National Museum, Warsaw)
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Battle of Grunwald
Battle of Grunwald (1410), oil on canvas painting by Jan Matejko, 1878.
National Museum, Warsaw.
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Battle of Raszyn
The death of Cyprian Godebsk at the Battle of Raszyn (19 April 1809), part of the Polish front during the War of the Fifth Coalition. Prince Józef Poniatowski is depicted on horseback in the center. Oil on canvas by January Suchodolski, 1855...
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The Sacrifice of Gideon
The Sacrifice of Gideon, oil on canvas painting by Hendrik Heerschop, 1653.
Museum of John Paul II Collection, Warsaw.
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Faras Cathedral Model
A model of the cathedral at Faras, Nubia, as found by Polish archaeologists 1961-4 CE. The cathedral was first built c. 707 CE and this model is of the 11th century CE version. (Made by Zbigniew Doliński, Polish National Museum, Warsaw)
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Stanislaus II Augustus of Poland in Coronation Robes
Portrait of Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, the last King of Poland, in his coronation robes, oil on canvas by Marcello Bacciarelli, 1764.
Royal Castle of Warsaw.
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Archangel Michael Fresco, Faras
A 10th century CE fresco of the Archangel Michael from the cathedral at Faras, Nubia. The cathedral was first built c. 707 CE and again in the 11th century CE. (Polish National Museum, Warsaw)
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Tetradrachm of the Aetolian League
Silver tetradrachm of the Aetolian League, depicting Alexander the Great with the horn of the Egyptian god Amun. 29 mm (1.14 in), 17.1 g (0.60 oz), 323-281 BCE.
National Museum, Warsaw.
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Polish Insurgents
The Battle, illustration in Album Grottgera by Artur Grottger, 1888. Depicted in this illustration are insurgents participating in the ill-fated January Uprising of 1863, an attempt to regain Polish independence from Tsarist Russia. National...
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Bohdan Khmelnytsky with Tugay Bey at Lviv
A painting by Jan Matejko presenting Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Tugay Bey observing a miracolous appearance of St. John of Dukla.
Oil on canvas, 1885.
National Museum, Warsaw.