Posthumous portrait of Elżbietka Pade (1811–1818), daughter of Elżbieta and Marcin

Stachowicz employs a restrained colour scheme of browns, blues and pinks, allowing the figure to emerge from a softly rendered sky and distant trees. The handling of light and shadow creates a modest chiaroscuro effect, giving the portrait a modest three‑dimensional presence while maintaining the Romantic emphasis on sentiment and atmosphere.

Painted shortly after the child’s death, the portrait remained in private hands before entering the National Museum in Warsaw, where it is displayed as part of the institution’s holdings of early‑19th‑century Polish art. Its provenance reflects the typical path of family memorials that later become public cultural artifacts.