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Poisoning of Queen Bona
Jan Matejko1859
The National Museum in Krakow
Kraków, Poland
Poisoning Queen Bona at Bari in Italy, by Her Doctor Antonio di Matera. The murder was ordered by Philip II of Habsburg, who, after the queen's death, seized her hereditary principality of Bari. The witnesses to the scene are Maryna, called Mniszka, leaning out from behind the back of the manor's armchair, and two men watching the event from behind the curtain.
Details
- Title: Poisoning of Queen Bona
- Creator: Jan Matejko
- Date Created: 1859
- Location Created: Krakow
- Rights: National Museum in Krakow
- Medium: canvas, oil paint
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