251 x 195 cm
Signed p.d.: Jan Styka
Provenance
Rome, private collection Rome, collection of Margherita Russo Capri, private collection Capri, collection of the Museum "Quo vadis"
Exhibitions
Warsaw, Rotunda on Karowa Street, September 1902 (first version burned in fire). St. Louis, United States, World Exhibition, 1904 (first version burned in fire). Paris, Galerie La Boétie, Salle des Beaux-Arts, 1912. Capri, Museo Quo Vadis, 1919. Warsaw, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Exhibition of Jan Styka's "Quo vadis" series of paintings. Group exhibitions by Tadeusz and Adam Styka. Collection of works by Stanisław Czajkowski, February 1936. Rome, Church of St. Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr, permanent collection (replica from 1924).
Reproductions
Sienkiewicz H., "Quo vadis: roman néronien", edited by Ernest Flammarion, vol. 3, Paris 1904, p. 283. L'Ecrivain et le peintre de "Quo Vadis" Henryk Sienkiewicz et Jan Styka, texte de l'Album par Boyer d'Agen, Ilya Lapina & Cie, Paris 1912, p. nlb. Boyer d'Agen, Exposition des oeuvres Jan Styka, Tadé Styka et Adam Styka, "Polonia" - revue hebdomadaire polonaise, No. 12, Paris, 9 mai 1914, p. 4. Museo "Quo Vadis": opere di Jan Styka. Capri - Villa Certosella, ed. by D. Trampetti, Capri 1922, il. XXIV. Miziołek J., Nel segno di Quo Vadis? Roma ai tempi di Nerone e dei primi martiri nelle opere di Sienkiewicz, Siemiradzki, Styka e Smuglewicz, L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER, Roma 2017, pp. 2, 139 (replica from 1924).
Black and white postcard, published by Salon Warszawski, Warsaw, pre-1924.
Color postcard, published by L. Lapina et C., Paris, after 1904.
