Sculpture of Prince Józef Poniatowski, Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Duchy of Warsaw. Made by the Minter Factory, Warsaw. Modeled by Swiecki. Thin high quality cast in the center hollow. White bronzed bronze, height 34.5 cm. Lit. by M. Dubrowska, A Soltan - Artistic craftsmanship of the Minter family 1828 - 1881. item 66 p. 127.
Wojciech Święcki (born 1823 or 1827 in Warsaw (?), died March 27, 1873 in Paris) - Polish sculptor.
Beginning in 1845, he studied for three years at the School of Fine Arts in the studio of Konstantin Hegel; after graduating, he worked with a foundry owned by Karol Julius Minter. In 1860 he went to Paris for a year, returned to Warsaw for a year and in the fall of 1862 left the city forever. He traveled to Rio de Janeiro, from where in 1866 he moved to Paris where he lived until his death. He maintained constant contact with his homeland, and his works participated in exhibitions held at the Warsaw Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts and the Cracow Society for the Friends of Fine Arts. While living in France, he traveled to London and Brussels, among other places.
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