Father Antoni Gruszecki,[4] then vicar at St. Mary's Church, later parish priest of Podgórze and papal chamberlain, served as a model.

[2] According to Matejko, the two generals at the head of the staff, Antoni Madaliński and Józef Zajączek (wearing a Napoleonic cap and leaning against a tree), also deserved to be presented.

Matejko painted a very beautiful noble costume for Stefan Dembowski [pl], who was to be his successor in the event of Kościuszko's death.

In the painting, it also symbolizes the reluctance of the Polish nobility to join the uprising, and especially to follow the Commander's orders, which were regularly sabotaged.

The chairman of the committee, Artur Potocki, thanked Matejko for "this great work of art and thought".

Money was also transferred from the Duchy of Poznań, Royal Prussia, Silesia, Bukowina, England, Sweden, Turkey, Australia and America.

[2] In May 1888, a department of the Kościuszko Society, in gratitude for the painting, decided to award Matejko the title of honorary member for the first time in the history of the association.

[2] From 1890 to 1894, Józef Hakowski [pl] made a silver bas-relief Kościuszko at Racławice after a painting by Jan Matejko, commissioned by Juliusz Przeworski,[16] which is currently in the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.