A scene in a castle chamber set in the realities of the renaissance, showing an elderly woman sitting in an armchair, reaching for a glass goblet handed to her by a man bending in a bow. The woman is wearing a black velvet dress with a bodice decorated with a satin insert, gold lace at the neckline, and a black coat trimmed with fur. On his head he wears a decorative, openwork cap woven from gold thread. A cross hangs from his neck. The woman rests her right hand on a table covered with red fabric, holding a prayer book in her hand. The armchair he is sitting on, with a high carved backrest, is upholstered with red fabric. Behind the table stands a young woman with small facial features in a dark dress and a black, soft beret on her head, looking intently at the scene taking place. In the background, a brown-olive curtain is parted by two men looking into the chamber, one of them turned sideways and the other en face. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling. Object Type: painting. Date: 1859. Dimensions: height: 78 cm (30.7 in); width: 63 cm (24.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Bona Sforza. Collection: National Museum in Kraków. Jan Matejko-Poisoning of Queen Bona
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