Jan Klarecki (19th century), Kidnapping of children of participants in the November Uprising in front of the Royal Castle in Warsaw in 1831

oil, canvas, 75.5 × 105 cm
Signed p. d.: "Jan Klarecki (...)"

The painting presented at auction illustrates an event from the November Uprising, when, according to Nicholas I's order, children of those who took part in the uprising were to be conscripted into special battalions of the Russian army. The author of the original of this scene was Marcin Twarowski.