Frescoes in Bielinski Palace at Otwock Wielki
These photos illustrate Hanna Benesz’s article Frescoes after Otto van Veen’s Quinti Horatii Flacci Emblemata in Bieliński Palace at Otwock Wielki in CODART Courant 21.
The Bieliński Palace at Otwock Wielki, section of the National Museum in Warsaw since 2004 (photo Anna Feliks)
Photos from the interior (click to enlarge):
Appeal for temperance
Serene acceptance of one’s destiny rewarded
Reminder of the inevitability of punishment
Warning against the uneasiness of spirit
Transitory human qualities
Need of acceptance of the old age and death
Warning against inactive virtue
Power of innocence
(All interior photos copyright Zbigniew Doliński, National Museum in Warsaw)