Jupiter, Mercury and Virtue
Dosso Dossi · 1523
Wawel Castle
Kraków · Founded 1001
The hill where Polish kings were crowned and buried, with the royal apartments and the tapestries they hung. Casimir III the Great ordered the castle and the centuries after him kept building, so the hill carries several ages at once.
- 3.1M
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- 1001
- Founded
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Jupiter, Mercury and Virtue
Dosso Dossi · 1523
Christ blessing the children
Lucas Cranach the Elder · 1537
Christ Blessing the Children is a religious oil painting created by the German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop in 1537.
Portrait of Stanisław Tęczyński
Tommaso Dolabella · 1633
Woman washing textiles in a tub
Gabriel Metsu · 1656
Black Crucifix of Queen Jadwiga
1400
Portrait of Queen Constance of Austria
Peter Danckerts de Rij · 1650
Artists
Dutch · 1629–1667 · Baroque
Gabriël Metsu was a Dutch painter of history paintings, still lifes, portraits, and genre works. He was "a highly eclectic artist, who did not adhere to a consistent style, technique, or one type of subject for long peri
Poland · 1854–1929
Jacek Malczewski (Polish:; 15 July 1854, 8 October 1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who was one of the central figures of the patriotic Young Poland movement.
Southern Netherlands · 1545–1585
Jacob de Backer was a Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp between about 1571 and 1585. Even though he died young at the age of 30, the artist was very prolific and an extensive body of work has be
Dutch Republic · 1610–1668
Jan Miense Molenaer was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen's work during Dutch Golden Age painting.
Dutch Republic · 1641–1680
Jan van Kessel was a Dutch Golden Age draftsman and landscape painter who made many cityscapes of Amsterdam. His work is often confused with the works of contemporary painters with the same name.
Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder
Austrian Empire · 1751–1830
Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder was an Austrian-Italian historical and portrait painter. He settled in the Russian Empire after the third and final partition of Poland, enticed by an extremely generous offer from Tsar
Artworks
Portrait of a Man, 1660
Bartholomeus van der Helst · 1660
Portrait of a boy
Jacob Adriaensz Backer
An old man holding a pipe and a jug (Smoker)
Gabriel Metsu · 1661–1663
Portrait of Anna Maria de Moens (1678-1726), 1711
Krzysztof Lubieniecki · 1711
Madonna and Child (Madonna Corsini)
Giovanni Bellini · 1487
Christ Among the Doctors
Giovanni Serodine · 1620
Portrait of Sigismund III Vasa
Peter Paul Rubens · 1620
Portrait of a child from the Sapieha family
Raymond Monvoisin · 1860
Portrait of Francesco de' Medici
Alessandro Allori · 1560
Plan your visit
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 9am to 5pm. Confirm on wawel.krakow.pl before you travel.
Admission
95 zł for the castle state rooms on the first and second floors. The Crown Treasury and the Armoury are 47 zł each, and the Dragon’s Den 15 zł.
Getting there
Wawel 5, 31-001 Kraków, Poland.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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