85 Among the works of art dedicated to Blessed Papczyński, we also see three paintings, which combine the elements of a legendary portrait and an “ideological” image.32 Having reviewed the works of art, we note that: fi rstly, 19 out of 34 paintings either depict Blessed Papczyński as the advocate of the Poor Souls in Purgatory the Warsaw University. The Blessed is standing in a cemetery. Below him there is an image of Purgatory and people there; above him in the background—Our Blessed Mother conceived in glory, at his right we see fi elds, tombs, and tents. In his left hand, Blessed Stanislaus holds a crucifi x, while his right arm is extended towards Purgatory. – Founder of the Order: mid-18th century, oil on canvas, Marian Religious House in Balsamão, Portugal; by a local Portuguese painter. In the background we see details emphasizing the Marian devotion and intercession for the fallen in wars. This motif is emphasized by the presence of military camp tents. The inscription is similar to those of the legendary portraits. – Advocate for the Poor Souls in Purgatory: middle or 3rd quarter of the 18th century; copperplate printed on paper, Archdiocesan Archives in Poznań; probably, an Italian artist. On Blessed Papczyński’s left we see people in Purgatory; on his right—military tents; above him—the Blessed Mother Immaculately Conceived. In his right hand, Fr. Stanislaus holds a crucifi x. At the bottom of the picture, there is an inscription similar to those of the legendary portraits. – Father Founder celebrating the Holy Mass: turn of the 18th and 19th centuries; by Fr. Jan Niezabitowski, a Marian († 1804), oil on canvas, Marian Religious House in Skórzec near Siedlce. Our Founder, surrounded by other religious, is celebrating a Holy Mass. In the clouds above him, we see the heavenly denizens and Our Blessed Mother with her arms extended towards the Religious in a gesture of intercession. From under the broken fl oor (as in a crypt), the arms of personages engulfed by fl ames are depicted. One of the Religious is giving them a rosary or perhaps, the decade chaplet—symbol the Ten Evangelical Virtues, another—the Blue Scapular as a sign of prayerful assistance for them. See: S. M. Sydry MIC: Organizacja Zgromadzenia…, photo following p. 148. – Advocate for the Poor Souls in Purgatory: turn of the 18th and 19th centuries; oil on canvas; Marian Religious House in Góra Kalwaria near Warsaw /formerly: the Church of Our Lord’s Cenacle, see: S. M. Sydry MIC: Organizacja Zgromadzenia…, p. 172/. The paining is similar in composition and content to the copperplate from the Library of the Warsaw University. – Advocate for the Poor Souls in Purgatory: 1913, oil on canvas; parish church in Podegrodzie near Stary Sącz. This is also similar to the copperplate from the Library of the Warsaw University. – Advocate for the Poor Souls in Purgatory: 1933, by J. Bołtuć from Nowogródek, oil on canvas; Marian Religious House in Warsaw-Stegny. In the background—the Church of Our Lord’s Cenacle; at the bottom—Purgatory. The painting was made for the Warsaw exhibition on one of the anniversaries of the victory at Vienna. – Advocate for the Poor Souls in Purgatory: second quarter of the 20th century. Mural at the presbytery in the Żarnów Parish Church near Kielce. At the foot of a religious is a knight engulfed by the fl ames of Purgatory. – Blessed Papczyński by the side of a dying hussar: 1934, Marian Religious House in Warsaw-Praga at Wileńska 69. Other data as above. – Venerator of Mary Immaculate and Advocate for the Poor Souls in Purgatory: 1961, ink on paper; idea by Fr. E. Makulski, MIC; painting by W. Gałczyńska from Poznań. The composition includes a picture of purgatory. 32 They are:—a portrait with miters and a crosier: 1st quarter of the 20th century, by Marian Szczurkowski, oil on canvas, private collector. Purgatory in the background and a dove with an olive branch above it;—a portrait with a scroll and a crest: interwar period (before 1939), oil on canvas, private collector. In the left upper corner, we see the pseudo-crest of Blessed Papczyński bearing the eye of Divine Providence and a dove with an olive branch fl ying over the fl ames of Purgatory. The inscription of the scroll reads: “Fraters, orate pro defunctis, intolerabiles enim poenas patiuntur.”—a portrait in an armchair: 1964, by Adolf Hyła, oil on canvas, private collector. Location: cloisters of the Carmelite monastery on Piasek in Kraków. Two attributes can be seen in the background: a dove and the fl ames of Purgatory.
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