Walenty Wańkowicz

Walenty Wilhelm Wańkowicz (February 14, 1799 in Kałużyce - May 12, 1842 in Paris) was a Polish painter.

He studied at the Jesuit College in Polotsk, the University of Wilno and the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.

He produced, among other things, a well-known portrait of Adam Mickiewicz (1827–28).

[1] Wańkowicz is honored in Belarus as one of the most important 19th-century painters of Belarusian origin.

[3] The Vankovich House / Wańkowicz House, the former mansion of the Wańkowicz family, is now a museum in the historical part of Minsk.