File:Siemiradzki Christian Dirce.jpg

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Summary

Henryk Siemiradzki: Christian Dirce by Henryk Siemiradzki

Artist



Alternative names	Polish: Henryk Siemiradzki
Description	Polish painter
Date of birth/death	12 October 1843 (in Julian calendar)	23 August 1902
Location of birth/death	Kharkiv	Strzałków, Łódź Voivodeship
Work location	Saint Petersburg (1864–1871); Rome (1872–1877); Munich (1871)
Authority file	: Q192544 VIAF: 54924066 ISNI: 0000000121337815 ULAN: 500011299 LCCN: n86045453 GND: 117366498 WorldCat

Title

Christian Dirce

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Depicted people

Nero

Date

1897

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 263 cm (103.5 in); width: 530 cm (17.3 ft)

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

1^st floor

Accession number

MP 267

Object history

after 1940: transferred to National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) from Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts, Warsaw

Inscriptions

Signature, date and location:

H.SIEMIRADZKI PINX. A.D.MDCCCXCVII / .ROMA.

Notes

The painting was most probably inspired with the work of Histoire des origines du christianisme, Volume IV Antichrist by French historian and philosopher Ernest Renan.

References

Franciszek Stolot (2001). Henryk Siemiradzki. Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie. ISBN 83-70238-69-6

Source/Photographer

cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl

Licensing

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	08:31, 8 August 2012	2,273 × 1,100 (1.61 MB)	BurgererSF	Colours
	02:35, 7 March 2009	2,273 × 1,100 (496 KB)	Dmitry Rozhkov	high resolution, correct colours
	19:49, 5 January 2006	800 × 393 (91 KB)	Shalom Alechem	Quo vadis by Henryk Siemieradzki, Warsaw National Museum