In a Renaissance hall, beneath a gilded coffered ceiling, Orzechowski reproaches Stankar for his apostasy, who is eloquently defended by a staunch Blandrat, leaning out from behind Socyn's deeply meditated Faust.

Orzechowski's friend Jakob Przyłuski, the town clerk, holding the manuscript of his six-volume statute under his arm, leaves the rostrum in an uproar, from where, inflamed by his own eloquence, he has thrown the announcement of the papal bull, torn up, into the middle of the chamber of scholars.

The young man's curiosity is not impeded by Frycz Modrzewski … least of all by the Greek and Latin poet Trzycieski, whose attention to the theological dispute is distracted by the sound of a song read by Górnicki and Sęp Szarzyński. The author of the same, Jan Kochanowski, as a national poet, is introduced by Rej …

In the window frame, the Italian architects Bartholomew Berecci, Francesco della Lori and Padovano discuss with Bethman the Renaissance dominance of the pointed arch, in which they are confirmed and supported by the partially visible dome of the royal chapel.

Task: Jan Matejko
Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
https://mnk.pl/exhibitions/matejko-the-painter-and-history