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Stanisław Samostrzelnik

Stanisław Samostrzelnik was born in 1485 at Kraków. Samostrzelnik died in 1541 at Kraków. Stanisław Samostrzelnik was recorded as painter, illuminator and monk.

Also recorded as Stanislaw Samostrzelnik

Catalogued output

Works

Their recorded dates run from 1527 to 1550.

  • Book of Hours of Queen Bona

    1527 · Bodleian Library. Douce 40

  • Catalogue of the Archbishops of Gniezno

    1531 · National Library of Poland

  • Portrait of Bishop Piotr Tomicki

    1550 · Church of St

  • Francis of Assisi

  • Ennoblement of the progenitor of the Odrowąż family by the Emperor

    1532 · Kórnik Castle

  • Adoration of the Child

    Bodleian Library. Douce 40

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1485–1541

  1. 1485

    Life

    Stanisław Samostrzelnik born at Kraków.

  2. 1527

    Book of Hours of Queen Bona (Bodleian Library).

  3. 1531

    Catalogue of the Archbishops of Gniezno (National Library of Poland).

  4. 1532

    Ennoblement of the progenitor of the Odrowąż family by the Emperor (Kórnik Castle).

  5. 1541

    Life

    Stanisław Samostrzelnik died at Kraków.

The full dated record · 5 entries
  1. 1485

    Stanisław Samostrzelnik born at Kraków.

  2. 1527

    Book of Hours of Queen Bona (Bodleian Library).

  3. 1531

    Catalogue of the Archbishops of Gniezno (National Library of Poland).

  4. 1532

    Ennoblement of the progenitor of the Odrowąż family by the Emperor (Kórnik Castle).

  5. 1541

    Stanisław Samostrzelnik died at Kraków.

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Places

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  • Kraków
Birth
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Literature

Bibliography

  • Samostrzelnik, Stanisław, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online

  • Stanisław Samostrzelnik jako iluminator dokumentów, Folia Historica Cracoviensia, 1998

  • Samostrzelnik, Stanislas, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

Citations

References

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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.

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