Nowe wiadomości dotyczące wyposażenia wnętrz pałacu w Krystynopolu w świetle nieznanego inwentarza z roku 1775
New Information Regarding the Interior Furnishings of the Pałace at Krystynopol in the Light of an Unknown Inventory of 1775

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is concerned with the pałace at Krystynopol, ownedby Franciszek Salezy Potocki (1700-1772), the Voivode of Kiev, which in the eighteenthcentury was one of the most sumptuous aristocratic residences located in Crown Ruthenia.The pałace, built in 1691 by Szczęsny Kazimierz Potocki (1630-1720), who had foundedalso the city, was later expanded, probably by his son, Józef Felicjan, the Great Guard ofthe Crown. In the next stage, begun on the initiative of Franciszek Salezy Potocki before1755, the old edifice was completely remodelled, likely according to the plans of the architect Pierre Ricaud de Tirregaille, and transformed into a magnificent aristocratic residence. After Franciszek Salezy Potockis death, his son, Stanisław Szczęsny, continuedthe expansion.The paper offers an attempt at recreating the layout of the apartments in the residence atKrystynopol, as well as their interior decoration and furnishings, on the basis of a hithertounknown and unpublished inventory of 1775, preserved in the Central State HistoricalArchives in Kiev. Very few objects from the once rich furnishings of the Krystynopolpałace have survived. Among them are: the stately bed of Anna Elżbieta Potocka, now onshow in the permanent exhibition at the castle in Pieskowa Skała, apparently identicalwhich the one mentioned in the inventory, as well as four tapestries in the same collection,from a series depicting The History of Alexander the Great (Battle ofthe Granicus, Battle ofArbela [Gaugamela], Triumphal Entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon, and King Porusbefore Alexander the Great). The Krystynopol pałace may have possessed also another setof tapestries, this time representing the episodes from The Trojan War, sińce the inventorymentions wali hangings depicting such themes. It may be assumed with some degree ofconfidence that also the two tapestries from The Trojan War series, from the collection ofthe Potocki family at Peczara and now part of the holdings of the Wawel Castle in Cracow(The Abduction of Helena and the Battle ofGreeks and Trojans), initially decorated the wallsof the Krystynopol

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