Pencil on paper, Dimensions: 35 cm x 25.5 cm; 55.5 cm x 45.5 cm.
Work drawn by an unknown artist based on a print by Victor Adam (1801-1866). The work was a pair with the graphic Cossack on Horseback refers to the lost battle of Maciejowice during which Tadeusz Kosciuszko was taken prisoner by the Russians.
On the presented work Kosciuszko is depicted on horseback, wearing a uniform with a cap on his head, with the War Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari visible on his neck. A battle is taking place in the background with Russian cavalrymen and a shattered cannon visible.
Work of very good quality done by an artist of great ability, signature illegible. The work was executed around the first half of the 19th century.
Victor-Jean Vincent Adam (1801 Paris - 1867 Viroflay)French painter. From 1814 to 1818 he studied at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts, and a year later his works were exhibited at the Paris Salon. The dominant theme of Adam's work is battle scenes, which he painted, among other things, for the Museum of Versailles. After 1844, he concentrated on creating lithographs. A recurring motif in Victor Adam's works were Polish units during the Napoleonic wars, as well as prints with depictions of Prince Józef Poniatowski, which were very popular in Poland and abroad.
