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was a popular
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was completed. Similarly to other
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Oszczanowski, the artist blurs the hierarchy of importance among depicted figures and captures the individuality of their respective religious and emotional responses.
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before the 18th century is only partially documented, and the precise time of its arrival in Poland remains unknown. Sometime in the late 18th century, the painting, titled
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included as position no. 28 with an annotation "S.H.K 125," indicating the abbreviated name of the
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