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| Keywords: Matejko Battle of Grunwald.jpg Please-do-not-overwrite-original-files Artwork Q2636368 Creator Jan Matejko 1878 Technique oil canvas cm 426 987 Institution National Museum Warsaw 1 accession number MP 443 object history ProvenanceEvent 1878 purchase Dawid Rosenblum Warsaw ProvenanceEvent 1902 purchase Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts Warsaw > 1939 transfer Art Repository Lublin ProvenanceEvent 1949 transfer National Museum in Warsaw credit line Jan Matejko rp 1878 signature/date The Battle of Grunwald or Battle of Tannenberg took place on July 15 1410 between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on one side estimated 39 000 troops and the Teutonic Knights on the other about 27 000 troops In the battle the Teutonic Order was defeated and never recovered its former influence The picture supposedly illustrates the moment when Ulrich von Jungingen the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order left dressed in white with a black cross is killed by infantry Vytautas the Great is shown in triumphant position center dressed in red http //cyfrowe mnw art pl/dmuseion/docmetadata id 4799 cyfrowe mnw art pl former image source http //www info-poland buffalo edu/classroom/JM/GT html www info-poland buffalo edu; current image source http //cyfrowe mnw art pl/dmuseion/docmetadata id 4799 show_nav true full_screen true full_screen See below PD-old-100 ImageNoteEnd 10 ImageNote 11 627 387 198 192 2560 1087 2 Ulrich von Jungingen ImageNoteEnd 11 ImageNote 12 1664 572 144 150 2560 1087 2 Jan Žižka ImageNoteEnd 12 ImageNote 13 1280 336 198 182 2560 1087 2 Vytautas the Great ImageNoteEnd 13 ImageNote 14 874 380 147 137 2560 1087 2 Zyndram of Maszkowice ImageNoteEnd 14 ImageNote 15 1782 380 154 157 2560 1087 2 Zawisza Czarny ImageNoteEnd 15 ImageNote 16 976 6 141 173 2560 1087 2 Saint Stanislaus ImageNoteEnd 16 ImageNote 17 534 579 134 144 2560 1087 2 Werner Thettingen ImageNoteEnd 17 ImageNote 18 256 352 166 153 2560 1087 2 Jakub Skarbek z Góry ImageNoteEnd 18 ImageNote 19 182 380 80 121 2560 1087 2 Duke Casimir V of Pomerania ImageNoteEnd 19 ImageNote 20 2221 598 122 131 2560 1087 2 Markward von Salzbach ImageNoteEnd 20 ImageNote 21 1494 364 131 125 2560 1087 2 Marcin of Wrocimowice ImageNoteEnd 21 ImageNote 22 1149 764 192 169 2560 1087 2 Konrad VII the White ImageNoteEnd 22 DEFAULTSORT 1878; Battle of Grunwald Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko High-resolution images from the National Museum in Warsaw Taken with Sinarback eMotion 75 | ||||
