Szymon Czechowicz - Ukrzyżowanie (Św. Maria Magdalena u stóp krzyża) 1750

Szymon Czechowicz (1689–1775) was a prominent Polish painter of the Baroque, considered one of the most accomplished painters of 18th century sacral painting in Poland. He specialized in sublime effigies of painted figures. His establishment of a school of painting gives him a great influence on Polish art. Initially trained by the court painter of Franciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński, in 1711 he went to Rome, where was admitted to Accademia di San Luca.