PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXHIBITION „GENIUS OF THE BAROQUE. SZYMON CZECHOWICZ (1689-1775)”

• The first plans for the monograph exhibit of Szymon Czechowicz were outlined as early as 2011, but did not come into effect until 2016. First of all, the draft catalogue of all known Czechowicz’s paintings has been written, and based on its content the prospective exhbits has been singled out. All of them was then reviewed by the curator and the conservator during numerous trips throughout Poland and abroad, which is what present the attached pictures. Most of the work was nevertheless done in a simple and plain way: at a desk or at a conservator’s easel. For the chosen items the loan procedures had to be fulfilled, which was especially difficult for international loans. Some items were restored – a complicated and time-consuming process. We had to set up an exhibition catalogue (more than 40 authors), design and create the exhibition space, make marketing plans, as well as to arrange for educational activities. All the exhibition items must be now gathered in the museum (from more than 50 places). Not everything is done yet, but within two months the exhibition will be ready to invite the first visitors who will enter its premises on May 8, 2020, to see more than 200 items: paintings by Szymon Czechowicz and his contemporaries. Exibition curator: Dr. Tomasz Zaucha
  Collaboration: Dr. Monika Tarnowska-Reszczyńska, Natalia Koziara
  Coordinator: Katarzyna Pawłowska
  Design: Luiza Berdak

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  PALAZZO CHIGI IN ARICCIA AT ROME Dr. Tomasz Zaucha and dir. Francesco Petrucci leaning over a showcase with the keys to the Sistine Chapel that were used by members of Chigi family during conclaves.

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  PAINTING AND SCULPTURE STUDIO AT THE BISHOP ERAZM CIOŁEK PALACE Dr. Monika Tarnowska-Reszczyńska at the paintings from the monastery of the Visitation Nuns in Warsaw.

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  LVIV NATIONAL ART GALLERY, UKRAINE Loan documents are being signed; from the left: Prof. Rafał-Quirini-Popławski, Deputy Director, Dr. Tomasz Zaucha, exhibition curator, Prof. Andrzej Szczerski, Director, and Taras Voznyak, General Director of the Lviv National Art Gallery.

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  CHURCH OF THE VISITATION NUNS IN WARSAW The paitings from the monastere are being packed before the shipment to Krakow.

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  FRANCISCAN CHURCH IN KOŁO Dr. Tomasz Zaucha behind St. Anna altar.

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  POLISH CHURCH SAN STANISLAO DEI POLACCHI IN ROME The painting St. Hedvigis taken out from the altar, before conservation that will prepare the canvas for the exhibition in Krakow.

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  CHURCH IN SIEMIATYCZE Dr. Tomasz Zaucha and Natalia Koziara at the altar with the painting attributed to Czechowicz, St. Vincent de Paul.

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  DIOECESAN MUSEUM IN DROHICZYN Dr. Tomasz Zaucha, Krzysztof Zięba, our driver, and Natalia Koziara examine the portrait of Czechowicz’s patron: Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński.

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  CHURCH HERITAGE MUSEUM IN VILNIUS Before the painting Crucifixion in the main altar of the former church of St. Michael.

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  FRANCISCAN MONASTERY OF S. BONAVENTURA AL PALATINO IN ROME Natalia Koziara and Dr. Tomasz Zaucha together with Father Sidival Fila, the guardian, contemplate Czechowicz’s painting in the monastery hallway.

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  ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SAN LUCA IN ROME Dr. Tomasz Zaucha and Natalia Koziara in the library of the Academy.

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  CHURCH IN CIECHANOWIEC Dr. Monika Tarnowska-Reszczyńska, conservator, evaluates the condition of a painting ‘Feeding the multitude’ at a side altar.

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  CATHEDRAL IN KIELCE Janusz Feluś, installment specialist, during a revision of the painting in the main altar.

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  CAPUCHIN CHURCH IN LUBARTÓW Dr. Tomasz Zaucha, curator of the exhibition, at the altar of St. Anthony.