Jan GUMOWSKI, Jasna Góra

Jasna Góra

Kraków, 1926. Fr. Zieliński Lithographic Works, Ltd. Published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. Portfolio dimensions: 63 x 50 cm, 1 page of text, 14 autolithographs (including 6 in color), bound in the original cardboard portfolio. Motifs of Polish Architecture. Volume IV.

The portfolio is complete. Text by Feliks Kopera, in Polish and French. It contains 14 lithographs: “General View of Jasna Góra” — color lithograph “View of the Church and Monastery Above the Fortress Walls” — color lithograph “The Main Fortress Gate, funded by Jerzy Lubomirski and erected in 1723” — black-and-white lithograph “The Second (Inner) Fortress Gate with a medallion of King Stanisław August” — black-and-white lithograph “Another fortress gate and a view of the Barbican and fortress gates” — color lithograph “The last rampart gate” — black-and-white lithograph “View of the church’s facade from the arsenal side” — black-and-white lithograph “View of the arsenal (in the center), the royal chambers with a tower, and the wall with an attic separating the service courtyard from the church courtyard” — black-and-white lithograph “View from the small courtyard beneath the tower toward the gate and the entrance to the refectory, as well as other monastery buildings” — black-and-white lithograph “The second inner courtyard with a view of the rear of the church and the adjacent part of the monastery” — black-and-white lithograph “The gable of the Chapel of Our Lady with the decoration of the outdoor altar on the ramparts” — black-and-white lithograph “The interior of the church’s sanctuary” — color lithograph “Interior of the chapel with the image of Our Lady of Częstochowa” — color lithograph “Image of Our Lady of Częstochowa” — color lithograph Jan Kanty Gumowski (1883–1946), studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (1902–1909), as well as in Munich (1911–1912) and Paris (1913–1914). Even as a student, he was involved in cataloging historical monuments and reconstructing royal regalia and coats of arms, which fostered his interest in historic architecture.
The portfolio has some tears and minor losses; the front and back covers are loose. The prints are in good condition.