Wyposażenie stancji krakowskiej Kongregacji Malarzy i Pozłotników w latach 1748–1782 i jego późniejsze losy

Abstract

FURNISHINGS OF THE LODGINGS IN THE KRAKOW GUILD OF PAINTERS AND GILDERS IN 1748–1782 AND THEIR LATER FATE

Between 1748 and 1782, the Krakow Guild of Painters and gilders functioned under the auspices of the Krakow Academy and in accordance with the successive statutes granted by its rectors. The guild members were assigned new seat in the Nowodworski Schools building. The furnishings of the renovated premises were to include works made by painters and gilders from the guild specifically for the new premises, as well as masterieces donated by journeymen completing their training. In 1766, plaster models of human body parts were purchased, most likely in connection with the new regulations governing the teaching of painting. Subsequently, Hugo Kołłątaj supplied the guild with engravings and books useful for teaching drawing. Due to the reform of the Krakow Academy by Kołłątaj in 1782, the painters were removed from the academy, the keys to the seat were taken away from them, and the furnishings were taken over by the academy. The guild attempted to regain its property by writing letters to the academy authorities, and their efforts were successful: the furnishings of the seat were returned to them. From 1793 onwards, successive guild aldermen kept the documents, paintings and other items from the seat. Due to the deterioration of the guild’s financial situation and disputes arising from the retention of the guild’s movable property by the aldermen, it was decided in 1807 that the masters could take back their masterpieces if certain conditions were met, and in 1821 two works remaining in the guild’s ownership were sold, thus leading to the dispersal of the furnishing of the seat in the Nowodworski Schools building.