Krzysztof Boguszewski of Clan Ostoja (died 1635) was a Polish Baroque painter. He was son of August and raised in

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, by a family that was part of

Clan of Ostoja The Clan of Ostoja (old Polish: ''Ostoya'') was a powerful group of knights and lords in late-medieval Europe. The clan encompassed families in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (including present-day Belarus and Ukraine), Hungary and Upper Hun ...

. In early years Krzysztof mastered his skills in

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

under the supervision of Herman Han. Then in 1623 he was appointed painter by king

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar, N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and ...

to work for the Crown. Between 1627 and 1631 he worked on paintings showing the

Battle of Grunwald The Battle of Grunwald, Battle of Žalgiris or First Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respe ...

in the Town Hall of Gdańsk. In 1628 he worked in the Abbacy of Gościkowo-Paradyż instructed by Abbot Marek Łętowski. There he produced four paintings of which of St. Paul remained in the Abbacy and the others like ''St. Martin of Tours'' were moved to the

Poznań Cathedral The Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Poznań is one of the oldest churches in Poland and the oldest Polish cathedral, dating from the 10th century. It stands on the island of Ostrów Tumski north-east of the city centre. His ...

.Aleksander Stankiewicz: Kilka uwag na temat twórczości Krzysztofa Boguszewskiego, "Artifex Novus", nr 3, p. 27, 2019. ISSN 2544-5014. He became priest in St Adalbert's (Wojciech) Church in

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in 1631 where he also found his final resting place in 1635. In the church he painted a picture of a Guarding angel and founded the altar.

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* Wielkopolski słownik biograficzny (

Greater Poland Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed by Kalisz, the oldest city ...

biography dictionary), Warszawa - Poznań 1981, PWN * Bogna Wrońska, Wjazd św.Marcina do Amiens z poznańskiej katedry, KMP 2005 2, Wydawnictwo Miejskie, Poznań 2005, ISSN 0137-3552 * Zofia Kurzawa, Andrzej Kusztelski,Historyczne kościoły Poznania. Przewodnik, Księgarnia Św. Wojciecha, Poznań 2006,

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