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Andrzej Jerzy Mniszech (1823–1905) was a Polish painter and art collector.

Andrzej Jerzy Mniszech
Self-portrait, 1895
Born	21 November 1823 Vyshnivets
Died	11 May 1905 Paris

His father was Karol Filip Wandalin Mniszech (1794–1844), and his mother Eleonora Cetner (1798–1871). His paternal grandfather was Michał Jerzy Mniszech, a Polish nobleman who was Grand Marshal of the Crown during the reign of Stanisław II Augustus. He spent his youth in the family palace in Wiśniowiec and in Paris. In 1846 he inherited a lot of debt, and when he moved with his wife, Anna Elżbieta Potocka (1827–1885) and their son Leon (1849–1901) to Paris in 1854, he took with him a large part of the private family collection from Wiśniowiec, especially paintings. The palace the couple acquired in 1861 at 16 Rue Daru in Paris was owned by his wife, and after her death in 1885, it passed to their son Leon. The entire collection counted about 500 paintings, engravings, drawings, ceramics and furniture. Mniszech collected mainly Dutch masters of the 17th century and French art of the Rococo period. He was one of the first amateur collectors of Frans Hals. The collection was dispersed twice: in 1902 following his son Leon's death, and in 1910 when the collection went up for auction.

He was active in Paris during the years 1854–1905.[1] He started drawing lessons with his brother, Jerzy, in Wiśniowiec. In the 1860s he continued in Paris, studying with Jean Gigoux and Leon Cogniet. He painted mainly portraits often using the triptych form.[2][3] In October 2007 his painting, Portrait of a Geisha, sold in Sotheby's, New York, for $85,000.

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- [en] Andrzej Jerzy Mniszech

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[fr] André Georges Mniszech

Andrzej Jerzy Filip Mniszech, né à Wiśniowiec le 21 novembre 1823 et mort le 11 mai 1905 à Paris, est un peintre et collectionneur d'arts polonais.

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[ru] Мнишек, Анджей Ежи

Граф А́нджей Е́жи Фили́п Стани́слав Вандали́н Мни́шек (польск. Andrzej Jerzy Mniszech; 21 ноября 1823, Вишневец, Российская империя — 11 мая 1905, Париж, Франция) — польский аристократ, живописец, коллекционер.

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