Zofia Szymanowska-Lenartowicz

Zofia Szymanowska–Lenartowicz (21 December 1825 – 8 July 1870) was a Polish painter, musician, and poet. She painted many portraits of the Mickiewicz family, particularly Adam Mickiewicz.

Biography Zofia Szymanowska was born on 21 December 1825, in Otwock, Congress Kingdom of Poland (now Poland). She was the daughter of Józef Szymanowski (1785–1832) and his second wife, Elżbieta (née Młodzianowska, 1791–1847), her family was ennobled Jewish Frankists.

She was a half-sister of Celina Szymanowska, who was married to poet Adam Mickiewicz. She was educated in Dresden and in Paris, and in the studio of Ary Scheffer, and Aleksander Lesser. and the National Museum in Kraków.