FACTS:/CONDITION This beautiful solid wood framed Battle of Grunwald 1410 features a copper inlaid 3D plaque/engraving of the battle famously depicted by Jan Matejko which measures 11" x 5" · The solid wood frame which surrounds it measures 15 ½" x 9 ½" · The frame has a tiny ding (photo #12 - the tiny white dot!) on the front but not very noticeable, the back has no wear marks -otherwise in great condition. This is a vintage piece and is in excellent condition considering the age. Please see all of the photos.
FUN FACTS:Jan Matejko's Battle of Grunwald is indisputably one of the most famous paintings in Poland's national collection. The painting has followed a tumultuous track through more than a century of cultural and political change, inspiring artists, authors, filmmakers, historians and even politicians.Jan Matejko 's monumental work depicts an amalgam of the most dramatic turning points in the struggle of the Polish and Lithuanian armies against the Teutonic Knights on July 15, 1410. The battle of Grunwald, which took place in the fields of Grunwald, Łodwigow and Stębark, was one of the greatest battles of medieval Europe. As for the painting's ideological facets, it has remained pretty fixed in its anti-Germanic message from its first appearance in 1878 up to the period of the Polish People's Republic. It should be emphasized that Grunwald carried a special significance for Poles in the time when the nation did not exist as an independent state on the map of Europe, and all uprisings were bloodily suppressed. In order to survive, national identity had to refer to the past. In these circumstances, painting and literature made "to cheer people's hearts" played a very special role, feeding the conscience and patriotic sentiment.The suggestive and dynamic visual form of The Battle of Grunwald is intended to serve more than just an educational purpose. The composition literally seizes and sucks in the viewer. The attack of the Kraków banner develops along a diagonal line of the canvas, almost perpendicular to its surface...