Exhibition catalogue
The first English publication about Matejko, exploring his epic painting, ‘Astronomer Copernicus’, in detail.
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Matejko's 'Copernicus'
Discover the painting described as Poland's national icon
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For the first time in the UK, you can see this iconic painting, on loan from Kraków's historic Jagiellonian University, in our free exhibition 'Conversations with God: Copernicus by Jan Matejko'.
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