Władysław Bakałowicz (1833 Chrzanów - 1903 Paris), Two ladies

oil, board, 56 × 42.5 cm
Sign, date and description. p. d.: "Lbakałowicz 1875 paris"

"In the portraits of (...) Bakalowicz, although they are characterized by similar grandiosity, what is striking is the contrast of the lady's attire - all those folds, draping, updos, frills, bows made of white silk that seems to rustle (...), carefully rendered by the painter."
M. Poprzęcka "Polskie malarstwo salonowe", Warsaw 1991, p. 19.