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DOI article:Kozak, Anna; De Herdt, Jan [Ill.]: Jan de Herdt, a forgotten 17th century Flemish painter
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40. Jan de Herdt, Portrait of Frantiśek Augustin TPaldstein, 'oil on canvas, Zapadomoravske
Muzeum at Treblć (photo: Zapadomorayske Muzeum at Trebic)
in an action brought against him later on. He sought support at tbe Brandenburg and Austrian
courts which saw him as an ally capable of effeetively opposing the Polish court’s policy. The
surviving correspondence between the Marshal and Leopold I, and the Marshal and Frederiek of
Brandenburg shows that Lubomirski was on good terms with the two personalities. As the
futurę was to prove — the Lubomirski rebellion ending in the victorious battle of Mątwy (1665) —-
Lubomirski came up to the expectations of the neighbouring States. Before it happened, the
Polish court had a transient success in its handling of the Lubomirski case. The action brought
against him ended in a sentence of infamy and banishment. The Marshal refused to take notę
of it, and went to Silesia, to Wrocław, where he was entertained with much attention by the
viceregent of Silesia Count Schaffgotsch. He remained there with short intervals till the end of
his life, and his contacts with the imperial court continued to be close. Judging by the inten-
-sification of these contacts during Lubomirski’s stay in Silesia, the portrait was probably painted
between 1664 and 1667 (tbe latter being the year of the MarshaFs death). Whether it was actually
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Muzeum at Treblć (photo: Zapadomorayske Muzeum at Trebic)
in an action brought against him later on. He sought support at tbe Brandenburg and Austrian
courts which saw him as an ally capable of effeetively opposing the Polish court’s policy. The
surviving correspondence between the Marshal and Leopold I, and the Marshal and Frederiek of
Brandenburg shows that Lubomirski was on good terms with the two personalities. As the
futurę was to prove — the Lubomirski rebellion ending in the victorious battle of Mątwy (1665) —-
Lubomirski came up to the expectations of the neighbouring States. Before it happened, the
Polish court had a transient success in its handling of the Lubomirski case. The action brought
against him ended in a sentence of infamy and banishment. The Marshal refused to take notę
of it, and went to Silesia, to Wrocław, where he was entertained with much attention by the
viceregent of Silesia Count Schaffgotsch. He remained there with short intervals till the end of
his life, and his contacts with the imperial court continued to be close. Judging by the inten-
-sification of these contacts during Lubomirski’s stay in Silesia, the portrait was probably painted
between 1664 and 1667 (tbe latter being the year of the MarshaFs death). Whether it was actually
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