Józef Simmler

It was this affluent upbringing that allowed him to pursue his interest in cities like Dresden, Munich and Paris.

The painting gained immense popularity when the Warsaw-based Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, a newly formed institution with the goal of encouraging and promoting domestic art and artists, put it on exhibit in 1861.

[1] Józef Simmler's major contribution to Polish art is the humaneness that his paintings evoked.

Using styles of costume paintings prevalent in France, he produced works that allowed the public a view of the past.

One of Simmler's grandsons was Henryk Leon Strasburger, a Polish delegate to the League of Nations.