Stanisław Kostka Potocki
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Stanisław Kostka Potocki | |
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 Portrait by Anton Graff | |
| Coat of arms | Piława |
| Born | November 1755 Lublin, Poland |
| Died | 14 September 1821 (aged 65) Wilanów, Poland |
| Noble family | Potocki |
| Spouse(s) | Aleksandra Lubomirska |
| Issue | Aleksander Stanisław Potocki |
| Father | Eustachy Potocki |
| Mother | Anna Kątska |
Count Stanisław Kostka Potocki (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf ˈkɔstka pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]; November 1755 – 14 September 1821) was a Polish nobleman, politician, writer, public intellectual and patron of the arts.
Life[edit]
Potocki was a son of General and starost of Lwów, Eustachy Potocki and Anna Kątska, and was a brother of Ignacy Potocki. He married Princess Aleksandra Lubomirska, the daughter of Great Marshal of the Crown, Prince Stanisław Lubomirski, on 2 June 1776.
He visited Rome in 1780, where he was painted by Jacques-Louis David.[1] He was an alumnus of the Collegium Nobilium in Warsaw, and later studied Polonistics, literature and arts in Wilanów. He became Great Podstoli of the Crown in 1781–1784. In 1792, he became an Artillery General of the Crown and participated in the War in Defense of the Constitution. He was a deputy of Lublin and one of the leaders of the Patriotic Party on the Four-Year Sejm.
From 1792 to 1797 he lived abroad.
Potocki was a co-founder of the Society of Friends of Science (Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, or TPN) in Warsaw in 1800. From 1807 he was a member of the Governing Commission (Komisja Rządząca), chairman of the Education Chamber (Izba Edukacyjna), and from 1810 director of the Commission of National Education (Komisja Edukacji Narodowej) in the Duchy of Warsaw.
In 1809 he became chairman of the Council of State (Rada Stanu) and the Council of Ministers (Rada Ministrów). In 1818–20 he was chairman of the Senate.
Potocki organized archaeological excavations in Italy, inter alia in Laurentum in 1779 and Nola in 1785–1786. He collected art, mainly paintings, graphics and antique ceramics. His collection exhibited in Wilanów in 1805, initiating one of the first museums in Poland.
Potocki died on 14 September 1821 and was buried in the church of Wilanów.
Awards[edit]
- Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 1781.
- Knight of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
- Knight of the Order of Saint Louis
- Légion d'honneur
Works[edit]
- Świstek krytyczny ("Pamiętnik Warszawski", 1816–18)
- Podróż do Ciemnogrodu (A Journey to Dunceville, t. 1–4, 1820)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ (in English) "The equestrian portrait of Stanislaw Kostka Potocki". wilanow-palac.art.pl. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
Further reading[edit]
- Potocka-Wąsowiczowa, Anna z Tyszkiewiczów. Wspomnienia naocznego świadka. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1965.
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- 1755 births
- 1821 deaths
- Writers from Lublin
- Counts of Poland
- Polish male writers
- 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian politicians
- Polish publicists
- Members of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Polish generals
- Politicians from the Duchy of Warsaw
- Knights of the Order of Saint Louis
- Potocki family
- Signers of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791
- Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
- Politicians from Lublin
- Polish recipients of the Legion of Honour