Projekty Giovanniego Battisty Gisleniego dla warszawskiej jurydyki Leszczyńskich w zbiorach drezdeńskich
Giovanni Battista Gisleni’s Designs for the Leszczyński Family’s Jurydyka in Warsaw, as Held in the Dresden Collection

Summary/Abstract: The collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden includes designs by Giovanni Battista Gisleni for the Warsaw jurydyka of Bogusław Leszczyński, dated 1650–1655. Leszno (Nowe Leszno), established under the Kulm (Chełmno) Law in 1648, was the first secular jurydyka in Warsaw. This article presents the architectural forms of individual buildings, as proposed by Gisleni. The town hall was designed as a two-storey brick building on a rectangular plan with an avant-corps on the axis. Of particular interest are two versions of the wooden hospital of the Brothers Hospitallers of John of God, who were brought from Kraków by the founder of Leszno. It is worth noting that Gisleni also designed Bogusław Leszczyński’s residence, which was built facing Rymarska Street. The layout of the buildings in Nowe Leszno strongly influenced the urban development of this part of Warsaw. The designs discussed in the article both document the history of the jurydyka and testify to Bogusław Leszczyński’s ambitions.

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