Błękit Marii Kazimiery? Holenderskie flizy oraz program ikonograficzny w Sali Fontany w krakowskiej kamienicy „Pod Gruszką”

In the paper the authors deal with the Baroque interior of the so-called Fontana’s Room in the ‘House Under the Pear’, 1 Szczepańska Str., Kraków, decorated with Dutch tiles and stuccoes made by an Italian artist Baldassare Fontana in ca. 1698-1702. The interpretation of the stuccoes (allegories of various arts and sciences, peace and wealth, moreover, a Polish eagle treading upon a Turkish crescent) leads to the conclusion that a deliberate iconographic programme has been applied in the interior in question, referring to the Polish King Jan III Sobieski who in 1683 defeated the Turkish army at the gates of Vienna. Dutch tiles decorating the walls consist of two thematic groups: shepherd tiles (made in Harlingen ca. 1690-1700) and landscapes and genre scenes (made in the workshop of Willem van der Kloet in Amsterdam ca. 1690-1700), the latter being possibly added in the 19 th century. Owing to the fact that the fashion for Dutch tiles was introduced to Poland by the King’s French wife, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d’Arquien, Fontana’s Room actually follows the taste of the royal family. The authors trace the history of the room and the changes in its interior.