One of the most outstanding works of Polish Symbolism, this painting caused controversy not only in artistic circles but also among the public. It depicts a nude, golden-haired woman on a restless black horse. The woman clings to the horse’s back, embracing its neck. The enraged animal appears to be rearing. Its eyes are wide open, and foam lathers at its mouth. The tail and mane blend into the background and the woman’s long hair. The figures are identified with the ecstasy of sensory intoxication, bordering on the destructive power of madness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We invite you to explore more in the digital catalog of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w.Author of the entry: Wac\u0142awa Milewska<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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National Museum in Krakow \/ Sukiennice \/ Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art \/ Che\u0142mo\u0144ski Room <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Owner<\/span>The National Museum in Krakow <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Object number<\/span>MNK II-b-887 <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Copyright<\/span> CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description One of the most outstanding works of Polish Symbolism, this painting caused controversy not only in artistic circles but also among the public. It depicts a nude, golden-haired woman on a restless black horse. The woman clings to the horse’s back, embracing its neck. The enraged animal appears to be rearing. Its eyes are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11391,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11390","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The National Museum in Krakow <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Object number<\/span>MNK II-b-887 <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Copyright<\/span> CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description One of the most outstanding works of Polish Symbolism, this painting caused controversy not only in artistic circles but also among the public. It depicts a nude, golden-haired woman on a restless black horse. The woman clings to the horse’s back, embracing its neck. The enraged animal appears to be rearing. Its eyes are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11391,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11390","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
MNK II-b-887 <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Copyright<\/span> CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description One of the most outstanding works of Polish Symbolism, this painting caused controversy not only in artistic circles but also among the public. It depicts a nude, golden-haired woman on a restless black horse. The woman clings to the horse’s back, embracing its neck. The enraged animal appears to be rearing. Its eyes are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11391,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11390","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description One of the most outstanding works of Polish Symbolism, this painting caused controversy not only in artistic circles but also among the public. It depicts a nude, golden-haired woman on a restless black horse. The woman clings to the horse’s back, embracing its neck. The enraged animal appears to be rearing. Its eyes are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11391,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11390","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Description One of the most outstanding works of Polish Symbolism, this painting caused controversy not only in artistic circles but also among the public. It depicts a nude, golden-haired woman on a restless black horse. The woman clings to the horse’s back, embracing its neck. The enraged animal appears to be rearing. Its eyes are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11391,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11390","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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