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Wystrój malarski wnętrz pałacu w Lubostroniu
The article presents results of the first stage o f studies on the interiors
o f a classicist palace at Lubostroń, one of few central structures
imitating famous Villa Rotonda Andrea Palladia.
The palace at Lubostroń was built for Frederich Skórzewski, one
of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightment in
Great Poland. The palace was built between 1795—1806, and it
was most probably at that time that the works on the décor of the
interiors were completed. In the last stage o f works there operated
there a team o f decorators, well-known in Great Poland, including
Antoni Smuglewicz, a famous painter. He is thought to be the
author o f the majority of paintings found in the palace.
Repair and construction works commenced in 1976 offered an opportunity
to study less known interiors o f the palace. Research
works were carried out by a workshop of the conservation o f movable
historic monuments in Toruń, attached to the Enterprise for
the Conservation of Art. During the works which were started in
the basement of the palace the interiors of the former chapel were
examined. It was there that a well-preserved secondary layer depicting
a stylized plant runner in the candelabrum arrangement,
embraced in brown-green frames, was found. Only some parts of
the original polychromy were preserved in the chapel.
In the course of further studies on the ground floor no original
painted works were uncovered in the former dining room. However,
it was observed that in the corner parlour all plasters on the
walls were exchanged in the 19th century. Only on the jambs of
windows and walls there could still be seen the remains of the original
painted décor in the form o f illusionistically painted profiled
panels in ochre and gray against the light gray background.
Slight traces o f the brown, black and red show that the interiors
of panels might have held some painted compositions depicting
supposingly landscape themes.
Similarly, in the garden parlour situated on the entrance axis
nearly all plasters were replaced with new ones, except for small
parts on jambs of windows and stove orifices. Preserved fragments
prove that there there also was decoration in the form o f illusionistically
painted architectural framings, the shape o f which was
adjusted to the size o f individual walls.
Much more authentic décor o f the interior may still be seen in the
palace library situated in the south-eastern comer o f the ground
floor. Its circular vaulting with lunettes is covered with painted
decorations depicting themes o f ancient grotesque. It was also noticed
that nearly all the painting had been repainted; the colours
of the original were lighter and more subtle. Also frames of the
panels proved to be repainted. N o traces o f polychromy were seen
in the window orifices which used to hold book-cases.
The last item to be examined was a presentable staircase, on the
wall o f which there is a large wall-painting with an „Egyptian“
theme, thought to be the work o f Antoni Smuglewicz. Further
studies revealed that it was vastly repainted, which affected markedly
its original colouring.
Finally, conclusions concerning the conservation were put forward.
It was suggested that the interiors examined should be restored,
whereever possible, to their original wall colouring with later period
layers (stucco works) being preserved.