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Mathias Czwiczek also Maciej Croiczek, Cwiczeck, Cwiczek, Cwiczeke, Czwiczeck, Czwiczek, Czwiczik, Schwetzge and Schwezge (1601, Královec – 1654,

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), was a Bohemian painter active in Brandenburg-Prussia.

Biography

According to the

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, he was court painter to

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and made many trips in his company to the Netherlands and France. He is known for paintings of interiors with figures. In 1628 he entered into service of

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. Paintings in the so-called '' Chapel of Love'' in

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including ''St. Stanislaus resurrecting the deceased Knight Piotr'' and portraits of Stanisław Oświęcim and his sister Anna Oświęcimówna are attributed to Czwiczek.

References

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