Stanisław Kostka Potocki

Stanisław Kostka Potocki was a Russian writer, archaeologist, architect, journalist, military personnel and politician (1755–1821). He was born at Lublin and died at Wilanów.

Stanisław Kostka Potocki in brief

Born
1755
Died
1821
Known for
writer, archaeologist, architect, journalist, military personnel, politician, art historian and collector
Place of birth
Lublin
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Identity and origins

His recorded language was Polish.

He was the child of Eustachy Potocki and Marianna Kątska. He married Aleksandra Lubomirska. One child is recorded: Aleksander Stanisław Potocki.

Career and activity

Recorded positions include Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Podstola the Great Crown and Artillery General of the Crown. He belonged to Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning and freemasonry.

Recognition and collections

Stanisław Kostka Potocki received Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis, Order of the White Eagle and Order of Saint Stanislaus.

Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library.

O ustanowieniu i upadku konstytucyi polskíey 3go Maia 1791. Pochwały, mowy i rozprawy. O wymowie i stylu. O sztuce u dawnych, czyli Winckelman polski. Podróz do Ciemnogrodu. Prodróz do Ciemnogrodu, i Swistek krytyczny.

Literature

11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Potocki, Stanisław Kostka, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Potocki Eustachy, Sitkowski Stanisław Kostka Apolinary, Historia i Świat, 2023. [Stanisław Kostka Potocki], Co znaczą wyobrażenia liberalne?, Myśl Polityczna. Political Thought, 2022. Stanisław Kostka Potocki i mowa ku czci poległych w roku 1809, Napis Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej, 2003. Potocki, Artur Stanisław Gf. Surtout de table by Pierre-Philippe Thomire at the Wilanów Palace, Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 2020. The Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment in the age of the Kingdom of Poland. The polemics between Father Karol Surowiecki and minister Stanisław Kostka Potocki, Folia Historica Cracoviensia, 2017. Oświeceniowa koncepcja nauki Andrzeja Trzcińskiego w Uwagach na Rozprawę o krytyce Stanisława Kostki Potockiego, Studia Historiae Scientiarum, 2024. Dlaczego Antonio Corazzi przyjechał do Polski?, Biuletyn Historii Sztuki, 2022. ‘Winckelmann in Poland: An Eighteenth-Century Response to the “History of the Art of Antiquity”’, Journal of Art Historiography, 2013. The Drawings of The Wilanow Collection of the Potocki Family in the National Library in Warsaw, Organisation, Album Structure and Condition, Toruńskie Studia Bibliologiczne, 2016.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1104767252). Those registers additionally record the forms Johann Joachim Winckelmann i Stanisław Kostka Potocki - mistrzowie i uczniowie (Veranstaltung : 2014 : Warschau), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) und Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755-1821) - Meister und Schüler (Veranstaltung : 2014 : Warschau) and Johann Joachim Winckelmann und Stanisław Kostka Potocki - Meister und Schüler (Veranstaltung : 2014 : Warschau).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Stanisław Kostka Potocki studied at Collegium Nobilium. the recorded working language is Polish.

Positions recorded include Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Podstola the Great Crown. Membership is recorded of Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning and freemasonry.

Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis, Order of the White Eagle and Order of Saint Stanislaus.

Chronology

  1. 1755Stanisław Kostka Potocki born at Lublin.
  2. 1821Stanisław Kostka Potocki died at Wilanów.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    [Stanisław Kostka Potocki], Co znaczą wyobrażenia liberalne?, Myśl Polityczna. Political Thought, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Stanisław Kostka Potocki (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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    Potocki Eustachy, Sitkowski Stanisław Kostka Apolinary, Historia i Świat, 2023

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Potocki, Artur Stanisław Gf.

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  5. 5.

    Potocki, Stanisław Kostka, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Stanisław Kostka Potocki i mowa ku czci poległych w roku 1809, Napis Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 6 articles naming Stanisław Kostka Potocki.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1104767252, Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) i Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755-1821) - Mistrzowie i Uczniowie (Veranstaltung : 2014 : Warschau).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1361286: Stanisław Kostka Potocki

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  10. 10.

    “Stanisław Kostka Potocki”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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