Crown Court Marshal Mikolaj Wolski on Rolka 1604AD

 Salvate Omnes,

two day to Christmas Eve - heeha

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going back to the famous  Rolka (Stckholm Roll)  and the entry of the royal cavalcade into the ceremonial capital of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, I would like to point your horses towards this detail of the splendid gouache -

Crown Court Marshal Mikolaj Wolski (1553-1630), Polkozic coat of arms, is riding in his 'western' or 'foreign' costume -this Crown Lord and magnate was 51 years old during this splendid entry,

here the same Mikolaj Wolski painted circa 1624, when he was 71 years old

later on Mikolaj Wolski would become the Crown Grand Marshal, and during his long life he was a skilled and successful diplomat, interested in metallurgy  he was  the founder and owner of hammer mills and foundries in southern Poland,

also a patron of arts and especially the much dedicated patron of the Camaldolese Hermits order. In 1603 he purchased land (Srebrna Gora) from Sebastian Lubomirski, Druzyna coat of arms, 

Sebastian Lubomirski

and founded a Camaldolese Hermits monastery in Bielany, Krakow. He was buried there in 1630.

Also he was interested in alchemy (and magic?), was friends with famous alchemist and discoverer of the oxygen Michal Sedziwoj. Sedziwoj ( Michael Sendivogius )was a nobleman of Ostoja coat of arms, apart from his scientific feat was also known as a fine diplomat and perhaps a spy for king Sigismund III in European courts. Wolski and Sedziwoj worked on development of mines, iron works, foundries and metallurgy, and other science-related subjects, and perhaps also into magic and arcane. 

enjoy Valete