''Miodowa Street'' (Polish - ''Ulica Miodowa'') is a 1777 oil on canvas painting by Bernardo Bellotto, then court painter to

Stanisław August Poniatowski Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch ...

, king of Poland. Now in the Royal Castle, Warsaw, it is one of a series of twenty-two images of

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

by this artist and shows the junction of

Miodowa Street Miodowa (lit. ''Honey Street'') is a street in Warsaw's Old Town. More precisely, it links the Krakowskie (Cracow Suburb) Street in with Krasiński Square. It is also the name of a street in the Kazimierz district in Kraków. History In the 16th ...

with Senatorska Street (''Ulica Senatorska''). On the left is the Krakow Episcopal Palace and the now-lost 1774 Tepper Palace designed by Ephraim Schröger. On the right is the Branicki Palace and Krasiński Palace The series was housed in the Royal Castle, Warsaw until 1822 before being taken to Russia then returned to Poland in 1922. The painting of Miodowa Street was used as evidence for the reconstruction of the Branicki Palace and the Episcopal Palace after World War Two.

Bibliography

* ''Malarstwo Polskie'', AURIGA, Warszawa, 1984 {{18C-painting-stub 1777 paintings Paintings in the collection of the Royal Castle, Warsaw Paintings by Bernardo Bellotto