MNK Sukiennice
Rynek Główny 3, 31-042 Kraków
An important work by Piotr Michałowski, a representative of Romanticism—Somosierra, also known as Charge in the Somosierra Pass—depicts the successes of Poles in the Napoleonic campaigns. This large-format oil on canvas (106 × 71 cm) is an expressive composition dominated by a dark palette of reds and browns. The outlines of soldiers and horses dissolve into clouds of dust and smoke rising above the Somosierra Pass. Today, the painting can be admired in the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art, in the Michałowski Room.
We invite you to read more about this object in the digital collections catalog of the National Museum in Kraków.
Data compiled by: Aleksandra Krypczyk-De Barra
National Museum in Krakow / Sukiennice / Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art / Michałowski Room
The National Museum in Krakow
MNK II-a-729
CC0 – Public domain
MNK Sukiennice
Rynek Główny 3, 31-042 Kraków