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Fig. 79. Portrait of Jan Potocki,
photograph, ca. 1924: MNW
Fig. 78. Interior of the Library in the Czartorys-
ki-Potocki Palace, ca. 1924; ISPAN
Once again the interiors of the Potocki Palace were among the finest, most sumptu-
ously decorated with artworks by old and contemporary masters in the whole of War-
saw. Its carefully selected portraits of the kings of Poland and the most distinguished
members of the family, and in particular of Jan Potocki (1761-1815) show that the
memory of the family’s history and famous personalities was vivid and cherished as
a mark of ancestral pride. The portrait of the famous traveller and scholar, author of
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (1805) and husband of Julia Lubomirska, one of
the daughters of Princess Marshal Lubomirska, was hung in the palace’s library, as
The Palace’s history
mmamtt,
Fig. 79. Portrait of Jan Potocki,
photograph, ca. 1924: MNW
Fig. 78. Interior of the Library in the Czartorys-
ki-Potocki Palace, ca. 1924; ISPAN
Once again the interiors of the Potocki Palace were among the finest, most sumptu-
ously decorated with artworks by old and contemporary masters in the whole of War-
saw. Its carefully selected portraits of the kings of Poland and the most distinguished
members of the family, and in particular of Jan Potocki (1761-1815) show that the
memory of the family’s history and famous personalities was vivid and cherished as
a mark of ancestral pride. The portrait of the famous traveller and scholar, author of
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (1805) and husband of Julia Lubomirska, one of
the daughters of Princess Marshal Lubomirska, was hung in the palace’s library, as
The Palace’s history