Published: 2025-12-18

Rococo in the architectural and sculptural patronage of Jerzy August Mniszech

Alina Barczyk

Abstract

Jerzy August Mniszech funded projects created in various regions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, each inspired by a different source of inspiration. The Crown Marshal was not one to regularly employ the services of a few permanent artists with long-term ties to his court. In Warsaw, he employed, among others, the royal sculptor Johann Georg Plersch. Investments in cities further from the capital, in Dukla (influenced by Lviv's Rococo) and in multicultural Gdańsk, were of a completely different nature. Jerzy August Mniszech's patronage is commonly associated only with the Dukla chapel with the tombstone of his wife, Maria Amalia, daughter of Heinrich von Brühl. However, the multitude of initiatives undertaken by the magnate, fully in line with the innovative Rococo artistic trends of the mid-18th century, should be appreciated. The magnate owed his position as marshal to easier access to court artists, such as the painter Dietrich, who created overdoors for the palace at Długie Ogrody in Gdańsk. This article presents a brief overview of Mniszech's most important Rococo architectural and sculptural investments.

Keywords:

Dukla, 18th century, Mniszech family, Rococo, Polish art

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