Il ritratto di Jan Grotkowski nei componimenti di Jan Andrzej Morsztyn e la questione delle “somme napoletane”
The Portrait of Jan Grotkowski in the Poems of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn and the Question of the “Neapolitan sums”

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article draws a literary portrait of Jan Grotkowski (a forgotten poetof the Baroque period) based on four poetic works of Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. In thisway, an interesting figure of a writer, diplomat, and influential participant in internationalpolitics emerges from the darkness of oblivion. He is connected with the figureof Queen Bona only by a mysterious death. Thus, he is included in the list of peoplewho, as Kantecki says “fell victims of the matter on which the curse of Queen Bonalies”. Trying to solve the issue of “Neapolitan sums”, Grotkowski, like Reszka, Mąkowskiand others, died in unexplained circumstances.

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