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Fig. 137. Pawel Maliriski, Bas relief with Apollo
among the Muses, tympanum of the Kazimie-
rzowski Palace, 1825, photo 2010.
Fig. 138. Clio, Muse of History, late-18th cen-
tury copy made in watercolor of a fresco dis-
covered in the house of Julia Felix at Pompei,
from an album (Vol. 513) in GR BUW; in Cho-
pin's time it was kept in the University Library
installed in the Kazimierzowski Palace.
During the remodelling work, ca. 1825, the tympanum was filled with in the Kazimierzowski Palace. The album in question, once in the col-
a figural relief featuring Apollo among the Muses (fig. 137)90 by Pawet lection of King Stanislaus Augustus, consists of watercolour copies of
Malihski - a work which fortunately survived the World War II. Apollo is frescoes discovered in the Casa of Julia Felix at Pompeii; some of those
shown there as a long-haired youth seated on a throne, accompanied feature Apollo and the Muses, which may have inspired Malihski. Inter-
by Urania or Astronomy, with a globe and Calliope or Clio with a scroll. estingly enough, Chopin, who must have frequently seen the tympanum
A winged putto, scrolls, a theatre mask and a serpent (visible under the of the Kazimierzowski Palace, mentioned Apollo and the Muses in some
musical instrument held by Apollo) complete the composition. The style, of nis letters, for instance in the one to Jan Biatobtocki from 8th Janu-
topic and arrangement of the tympanum, which is certainly one of the ary 1827, referring to the money Biafobtocki left with Chopin: "Perhaps
most interesting examples of Warsaw sculpture of the first quarter of the y°u tnink thsrt I spent it during the carnival at some friend's little ball, or
19th century, fully reflect the neoclassical ideals derived from Greco-Ro- tnat 1 nave converted the rites of Bacchus into something worthy of a
man art. The tympanum was one of the most important landmarks of the son of Apollo? Mistaken notion! Low thoughts! Bosh! I have bought you
University courtyard. Thus the University professors and students, inclu- two airs from Freischutz, with which you ought to be pleased"92. Chopin
ding Chopin, lived in the realm of Apollo, the god of illumination, and the called himself "a son of Apollo" again, if rather ironically, in the context of
Muses, who, it can be supposed, helped the young genius with particular one °f nis concerts in Vienna93. As to the Muses, he naturally referred
devotion. to Euterpe rather than to Clio or Urania; all in all, Apollo and his retinue
Fig. 139. Urania, Muse of Astronomy, Iate-I8th There is some similarity between Malihski's tympanum and a repre- were Part of his classical education received in the building adorned Fig. 140. Apollo. Iate-18,h century copy made
century copy made in watercolor of a fresco sentation of Apollo with the Muses found in an album which since ca. witn tne tympanum sculpted by Malihski, who was Professor of sculp- in watercolor of a fresco discovered in the
discovered in the house of Julia Felix at Pom- 1820 belonged to the University of Warsaw Library91 (fig. 138-140) At ture in tne University Department of Fine Arts94. The tympanum on the house of Julia Felix at Pompei, from an album
pei, from an album (Vol. 513) in GR BUW. that time, as it has already been recorded here, the Library was housed garden side of palace, with its statues of Hercules and Athena created (Vol. 513) in GR BUW.
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among the Muses, tympanum of the Kazimie-
rzowski Palace, 1825, photo 2010.
Fig. 138. Clio, Muse of History, late-18th cen-
tury copy made in watercolor of a fresco dis-
covered in the house of Julia Felix at Pompei,
from an album (Vol. 513) in GR BUW; in Cho-
pin's time it was kept in the University Library
installed in the Kazimierzowski Palace.
During the remodelling work, ca. 1825, the tympanum was filled with in the Kazimierzowski Palace. The album in question, once in the col-
a figural relief featuring Apollo among the Muses (fig. 137)90 by Pawet lection of King Stanislaus Augustus, consists of watercolour copies of
Malihski - a work which fortunately survived the World War II. Apollo is frescoes discovered in the Casa of Julia Felix at Pompeii; some of those
shown there as a long-haired youth seated on a throne, accompanied feature Apollo and the Muses, which may have inspired Malihski. Inter-
by Urania or Astronomy, with a globe and Calliope or Clio with a scroll. estingly enough, Chopin, who must have frequently seen the tympanum
A winged putto, scrolls, a theatre mask and a serpent (visible under the of the Kazimierzowski Palace, mentioned Apollo and the Muses in some
musical instrument held by Apollo) complete the composition. The style, of nis letters, for instance in the one to Jan Biatobtocki from 8th Janu-
topic and arrangement of the tympanum, which is certainly one of the ary 1827, referring to the money Biafobtocki left with Chopin: "Perhaps
most interesting examples of Warsaw sculpture of the first quarter of the y°u tnink thsrt I spent it during the carnival at some friend's little ball, or
19th century, fully reflect the neoclassical ideals derived from Greco-Ro- tnat 1 nave converted the rites of Bacchus into something worthy of a
man art. The tympanum was one of the most important landmarks of the son of Apollo? Mistaken notion! Low thoughts! Bosh! I have bought you
University courtyard. Thus the University professors and students, inclu- two airs from Freischutz, with which you ought to be pleased"92. Chopin
ding Chopin, lived in the realm of Apollo, the god of illumination, and the called himself "a son of Apollo" again, if rather ironically, in the context of
Muses, who, it can be supposed, helped the young genius with particular one °f nis concerts in Vienna93. As to the Muses, he naturally referred
devotion. to Euterpe rather than to Clio or Urania; all in all, Apollo and his retinue
Fig. 139. Urania, Muse of Astronomy, Iate-I8th There is some similarity between Malihski's tympanum and a repre- were Part of his classical education received in the building adorned Fig. 140. Apollo. Iate-18,h century copy made
century copy made in watercolor of a fresco sentation of Apollo with the Muses found in an album which since ca. witn tne tympanum sculpted by Malihski, who was Professor of sculp- in watercolor of a fresco discovered in the
discovered in the house of Julia Felix at Pom- 1820 belonged to the University of Warsaw Library91 (fig. 138-140) At ture in tne University Department of Fine Arts94. The tympanum on the house of Julia Felix at Pompei, from an album
pei, from an album (Vol. 513) in GR BUW. that time, as it has already been recorded here, the Library was housed garden side of palace, with its statues of Hercules and Athena created (Vol. 513) in GR BUW.
150
151