Focus on Battle of Orsha (painting) and explain the Description.
The painting, the only work of its kind in Polish Renaissance, is currently kept in the National Museum in Warsaw. The anonymous "Master of the Battle of Orsha" was probably one of the painters-cartographers in the employ of the Jagiellonian kings. Judging from his technique and style he was most likely an artist from the circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder. Meticulous details suggest the artist was himself a witness to the battle. There is a self-portrait of the artist as an unarmed figure in German costume (near bottom, right of centre), sitting on a tree stump on the bank of the Dnieper river, looking at the battle, while framing his fingers to compose a view.According to one hypothesis the author of the picture was the German artist Hans Krell, court painter of Louis II of Hungary.
Hans Krell Louis II of Hungary Dnieper Warsaw Dnieper river Lucas Cranach the Elder National Museum in Warsaw Polish National Museum Jagiellonian kings Battle of Orsha