Krótka kariera polityczna ministra gabinetu saskiego Aleksandra Józefa hrabiego Sułkowskiego (1695–1762) i jej echa w mecenacie artystycznym
The Short Political Career of Aleksander Józef, Count Sułkowski (1695–1762), a Minister in the Saxon Cabinet, and its Echoes in his Artistic Patronage

Summary/Abstract: The article fo-cuses on architectural ventures founded by Count, later Prince, Aleksander Józef Sułkowski (1695–1762) both at the court of Saxony and later, after his spectacular fall into disfavour in 1738. During the next twenty-five years, Sułkowski did not hold any important public positions and divided his time between the estates at Bielsko, Vienna, Leszno and Rydzyna. The aim of this article is to trace various threads in Sułkowski’s self-presentation evident in architecture and its decorative programmes. This is the first comprehensive attempt at an analysis of edifices raised on Sułkowski’s initiative in terms of political iconography to be embedded in the context of the dramatic events of his life.

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