#hetmanship

Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki (Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky, Богдан Зиновій Хмельницький) lesser-known (part 1)

Perhaps the oldest preserved portrait of the famous Ukrainian Cossack Hetman by an unknown artist from the 17th century (oil on canvas, 101 cm X 77 cm).

From the collection of the National Art Museum of Ukraine in Kyiv (Національний художній музей України), Ж-173.

Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki (Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky, Богдан Зиновій Хмельницький) lesser-known (part 2)

Portrait of the famous Ukrainian Cossack Hetman by an unknown artist from the 18th century (oil on canvas, 63 cm X 52,5 cm).

From the collection of the National Preserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra" (Національний заповідник «Києво-Печерська лавра»), Ж-94.

Anonymous portrait of Bohdan Z. Khmelnytsky (1595-1657), engraving, c. 1670-1750 (one from the earliest preserved images of this famous Cossack Hetman).

From the collection of the Museum in Nieborów and Arkadia (Poland).

Ivan Bohun as Cossack-Bandurist

The painting by a contemporary, very talented Ukrainian artist, Mykola Krystopchuk (Микола Антонович Кристопчук, 1934-2006) from the exhibition of the Museum of Hetmanship in Kyiv (Музей гетьманства):

Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki (Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky, Богдан Зиновій Хмельницький) lesser-known (part 3)

Portrait of the famous Ukrainian Cossack Hetman by an unknown artist from the 18th century (oil on canvas, 71 cm X 55 cm).

From the collection of the Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego), sygn. 537.

Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki (Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky, Богдан Зиновій Хмельницький) lesser-known (part 6)

Portrait of the famous Ukrainian Cossack Hetman by an unknown artist from the beginning of the 19th century (oil on canvas, 58 cm X 49 cm).

From the collection of the Sumy Regional Museum of Local Lore (Сумський обласний краєзнавчий музей).

Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki (Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky, Богдан Зиновій Хмельницький) lesser-known (part 5)

Portrait of the famous Ukrainian Cossack Hetman by an unknown artist from the first half of the 19th century (oil on canvas, 54,5 cm X 44 cm).

From the collection of the Sumy Regional Museum of Local Lore (Сумський обласний краєзнавчий музей), P-503.

Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki (Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky, Богдан Зиновій Хмельницький) lesser-known (part 4)

Portrait of the famous Ukrainian Cossack Hetman by an unknown artist from the 19th century (oil on canvas, 69,5 cm X 55,5 cm).

From the collection of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in Kyiv (Національний музей історії України), M-5.