In addition to Marian Jaroczyński's painting, paintings by Piotr Michałowski, Juliusz Kossak, Artur Grottger and a work by Jan Matejko, St Louis, King of France, going on a crusade, and Death of Zygmunt August in Knyszyn in 1572, which shows the artist's typical scheme of composition with an accumulation of a large number of expressively painted historical figures, are also on display. In addition, Leon Kapliński's Portrait of Karol Chodkiewicz exudes solemnity, dignity and inner strength, while Józef Brandt's Lisowczyk is an apotheosis of qualities useful in battle - courage, strength and speed. The exposition of historical painting is a presentation of its currents, from the battle-styled (Orłowski, Michałowski, Brandt), through the epic (Kossak, Grottger), to the creation of a painterly philosophy of history (Matejko, Jaroczyński).(