File:Wojniakowski Passing of the 3rd of May Constitution.jpg

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Captions

English

Constitution of 3 May 1791

Summary[edit]

Kazimierz Wojniakowski: The Passing of the 3rd of May Constitution, 1791

Artist



Alternative names	Kasimir Wojniakowski
Description	Polish painter
Date of birth/death	1771 / 1772 / 1770	20 December 1812 / 20 January 1812
Location of birth/death	Kraków	Warsaw
Work period	1790 –1812
Work location	Warsaw (circa 1790 date QS:P,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 -1794), Puławy (1794-1796), Volhynia (1796-1797), Warsaw (1797-1812)
Authority file	: Q4122686 VIAF: 95735335 ISNI: 0000000068326462 ULAN: 500008882 RKD: 85313

Title

Polish:

Uchwalenie Konstytucji 3 Maja

The Passing of the 3rd of May Constitution, 1791.

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Date

1806

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 123.5 cm (48.6 in); width: 179 cm (70.4 in)

Collection

National Museum in Warsaw

	Native name	Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
	Location	Warsaw
	Coordinates	52° 13′ 54″ N, 21° 01′ 29″ E
	Established	20 May 1862
	Website	www.mnw.art.pl
	Authority file	: Q153306 VIAF: 155350218 ISNI: 0000000122540874 LCCN: n50052919 NLA: 36307256 GND: 1008386-8 WorldCat

Current location

not on view

Accession number

MP 5211

Object history

1940: transferred to National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) from Krasiński collection, Warsaw

References

wolnelektury.pl

Source/Photographer

cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl

Other versions

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:13, 1 March 2017	2,407 × 1,671 (3.3 MB)	Artinpl (talk \| contribs)	Dim
	18:18, 31 October 2014	1,776 × 1,227 (971 KB)	Zew99 (talk \| contribs)	Better quality
	14:04, 20 July 2012	742 × 514 (314 KB)	BurgererSF (talk \| contribs)	Better quality
	16:17, 31 January 2010	1,164 × 762 (387 KB)	Quibik (talk \| contribs)	Reduced gamma.
	16:14, 31 January 2010	1,164 × 762 (376 KB)	Quibik (talk \| contribs)	Cropped away the edge and increased contrast.
	07:15, 25 August 2009	1,188 × 762 (653 KB)	Lupo (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 18:13, 3 May 2006: please uplaod the new version under a new name.
	06:03, 25 August 2009	800 × 529 (197 KB)	Mathiasrex (talk \| contribs)	new version
	18:13, 3 May 2006	1,188 × 762 (653 KB)	Chb (talk \| contribs)	Auf eine alte Version zurückgesetzt
	07:06, 20 February 2006	1,188 × 762 (653 KB)	BLueFiSH.as (talk \| contribs)	{{en\|In 1791, the "Great" or Four-Year Sejm of 1788–1792 adopts the May 3rd Constitution at Warsaw's Royal Castle (rebuilt in the 1970s after its deliberate destruction by the Germans in World War II).}} {{de\|Der Vier-Jahres-Sejm 1788-1792, Polen-Lita