Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

REGULAR GARDEN OF THE 18TH CENTURY AT MEDZHYBIZH CASTLE IN DOCUMENTS AND CARTOGRAPHY

There is a widespread opinion in local history and some scientific publications that in the 18th century, especially in the ownership of the Czartoryski princes, Medzhybizh castle was transformed into a luxury romantic residence. The decorative garden was allegedly created as a result of Izabella Czartoryskas interest in English parks, as a continuation of the architectural program of the main residence in Pulawy. There is even a statement that the garden was arranged in the inner territory of Medzhybizh castle.

THE CANVAS WITH AN ALLEGORICAL IMAGE OF THE POLISHLITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LVIV HISTORICAL MUSEUM

The canvas, presented at the Department of Ancient History exposition of the Lviv Historical Museum, is one of several dozen replicas retained today, which were duplicated and repainted for a long time after the original has been pained in the last years of the existence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is as assumed that there were so many of first canvas-samples as depicted on the painting voivodships and lands.