Z dziejów poetyckiej recepcji rycin do Tryumfów Petrarki: Mikołaj Rej, Maciej Stryjkowski, Stanisław Witkowski
From the History of the Poetic Reception of Engravings to Petrarch’s Triumphs: Mikołaj Rej, Maciej Stryjkowski, Stanisław Witkowski

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the poetic reception of six woodcuts made by Hans Brosamer for Petrarch’s Triumphs which were at the disposal of the printer Maciej Wirzbięta. Mikołaj Rej wrote a cycle of epigrams devoted to them that was included in the second edition of Źwierzyniec of 1574. In his epigrams, he made use of the scenes depicted in the woodcuts to formulate general moral advice. One of the engravings of the series, displaying the Triumph of Fame, was the subject of epigrams also by Maciej Stryjkowski (1574) and Stanisław Witkowski (1609). Both authors presented a successful interpretation of the engraving and its individual elements. The same graphic inspiration makes it possible for us to compare the sensitivity and technique of three Old-Polish poets.

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