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Count Stanisław Kostka Potocki (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf ˈkɔstka pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]; November 1755 14 September 1821) was a Polish nobleman, politician, writer, public intellectual and patron of the arts.

Stanisław Kostka Potocki
Portrait by Anton Graff
Coat of armsPiława
BornNovember 1755
Lublin, Poland
Died14 September 1821(1821-09-14) (aged 65)
Wilanów, Poland
Noble familyPotocki
Spouse(s)Aleksandra Lubomirska
IssueAleksander Stanisław Potocki
FatherEustachy Potocki [pl]
MotherAnna Kątska

Life


Potocki was a son of General and starost of Lwów, Eustachy Potocki and Anna Kątska, and was a brother of Ignacy Potocki. He married Princess Aleksandra Lubomirska, the daughter of Great Marshal of the Crown, Prince Stanisław Lubomisrki, on 2 June 1776.

He visited Rome in 1780, where he was painted by Jacques-Louis David.[1] He was an alumnus of the Collegium Nobilium in Warsaw, and later studied Polonistics, literature and arts in Wilanów. He became Great Podstoli of the Crown in 17811784. In 1792, he became an Artillery General of the Crown and participated in the War in Defense of the Constitution. He was a deputy of Lublin and one of the leaders of the Patriotic Party on the Four-Year Sejm.

From 1792 to 1797 he lived abroad.

Potocki was a co-founder of the Society of Friends of Science (Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, or TPN) in Warsaw in 1800. From 1807 he was a member of the Governing Commission (Komisja Rządząca), chairman of the Education Chamber (Izba Edukacyjna), and from 1810 director of the Commission of National Education (Komisja Edukacji Narodowej) in the Duchy of Warsaw.

In 1809 he became chairman of the Council of State (Rada Stanu) and the Council of Ministers (Rada Ministrów). In 1818-20 he was chairman of the Senate.

Potocki organized archaeological excavations in Italy, inter alia in Laurentum in 1779 and Nola in 17851786. He collected art, mainly paintings, graphics and antique ceramics. His collection exhibited in Wilanów in 1805, initiating one of the first museums in Poland.

Potocki died on 14 September 1821 and was buried in the church of Wilanów.


Awards


Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki by Jacques-Louis David, Wilanów Palace.
Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki by Jacques-Louis David, Wilanów Palace.

Works



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References


  1. (in English) "The equestrian portrait of Stanislaw Kostka Potocki". wilanow-palac.art.pl. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

Further reading





На других языках


- [en] Stanisław Kostka Potocki

[ru] Потоцкий, Станислав Костка

Станисла́в Ко́стка Пото́цкий (Станислав Евстафьевич Потоцкий; польск. Stanisław Kostka Potocki; ноябрь 1755 — 14 сентября 1821) — граф, подстолий великий коронный (с 1781 года), комендант кадетского корпуса, генерал коронной артиллерии (1792), председатель Государственного Совета и Совета министров Варшавского герцогства (1807), сенатор-воевода Варшавского герцогства (1807), министр народного просвещения и исповеданий Царства Польского (1815—1820), президент Сената Царства Польского в царствование императора Александра I (1818), польский писатель.



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