Recognizing People from the Past

Portrait of the deputy elder of Grodno sejm Zygmunt Boufał created in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Portrait of Marshall of Grodno Powiat Krzysztof Jundziłł.

Portrait of Karol Stalisław Radziwiłł.

Michał Deszert (1730–1792) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman of French descent, and the Grand Pantler of Navahrudak.

Portrait of Jeronimas Stroinovskis, Bishop of Vilnius.

This piece was created by Jan Rustem (1762–1835), who was professor at Vilnius University and the most famous portraitist of Vilnius in the 19th century.

According to the labels on the back of the painting, the woman depicted here is Aleksandra Voyeykova (1795–1829), the wife of the Russian poet, translator, critic, publisher and journalist Aleksandr Voyeykov (1779–1839).

The portrait of Countess Fabiana Czapska is from the portraits of Count Czapski’s family that were painted in 1835 in Vilnius by Andreas Hintz (or Hintze), an artist of Prussian descent.

The portraits of Countess Fabiana Czapska and her daughter Maria are from the portraits of Count Czapski’s family that were painted in 1835 in Vilnius by Andreas Hintz (or Hintze), an artist of Prussian descent.

Karol Józef Czapski (1786-1852) was a count and marshal of the Minsk County noblemen and a member of the educational commission of the GDL.

Judging by the portrait similarity, the woman in the picture could be Maria Elena Julia Mickiewicz, daughter of the poet Adam Mickiewicz and the pianist Celina Szimanowska, born in 1835 and married to the painter Tadeusz Gorecki (1825–1868) in the fall of 1857; she survived  her husband and died in her home town of Paris in 1922.

Felix Antoni Smuglewicz (member of the well known Smuglewicz family of artists) painted a portrait of the landowner Emilia Baniewicz, a relation of the Herbsts, in 1849 on a visit home to Biržai from St Petersburg.

Depicted in the portrait is Stanislaw Szumski, an officer of the Napoleon Army, member of the Chief Uprising Committee during the 1831 Uprising in Lithuania, and chief of the Szlachta of the Vilnius district.

The portrait of Edward Mateusz Romer.

The small-format bas‑relief of A. Strazdas is notable for its gentle psychologic depiction of the poet’s character.

Self-portrait of Bolesław Bałzukiewicz (1879–1935), best known for his monuments.

Portrait of Pilsudskis by Bolesław Balzukiewicz - one of the most prominent sculptors of Lithuania of the first half of the 20th century.

Portrait of writer, translator, cultural and press worker Karolis Račkauskas – Vairas.

Portrait of Lithuanian pedagogue, state and public figure, professor,  Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed figure Jonas Yčas.

Sculpture portrait of  President of Lithuania Antanas Smetona.

The self-portrait of Antanas Samuolis (1899–1942) executed in an expressive manner and vibrant colours was painted when the author studied at the Kaunas Art Studio of Justinas Vienožinskis. It is a frank look of the twenty-six-year-old painter at himself. 

Portrait of priest, cultural figure Kazys Prapuolenis.

The portrait of Juozas Vaičkus (1930), a theatre director, painted by A. Blatas marks the period in Blatas’ oeuvre when he used restraint and monochrome colours.

Portrait of Lithuanian journalist, editor, writer and translator Juozas Keliuotis.

Portrait of Lithuanian painter Vladas Eidukevičius.

The portrait of Jadvyga Chodakauskaitė-Tūbelienė (1892–1988) is a rare example of woman’s portraiture in interwar Lithuania.

The portrait of Prime Minister Juozas Tūbelis is subtle both in terms of colour and technique.

Portrait of Lithuanian painter V. Vizgirda

Lieutenant General Velykis, builder of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and Minister of Defence in the First and Second cabinets.

Portrait of the wife Adolfas Valeška Janina Kazakevičiūtė-Valeškienė.

Portrait of a brother by a painter Ada Peldavičiūtė-Montvydienė who was undoubtedly a city dweller and liked to portray her models not in the open air, but in tiny and gloomy interiors.