Palace on the Isle

's bathing pavilion The building began as a bath-house for Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, owner of the adjacent Ujazdów Castle. The Palace also served as a German barracks during the German occupation. ==Architecture==

The palace is built on an artificial island that divides the lake into two parts, a smaller northern lake and a larger southern one. The palace is connected to the surrounding park by two Ionic-colonnaded bridges. The façades are unified by an entablature carried by giant Corinthian pilasters that link its two floors and are crowned by a balustrade that bears statues of mythologic figures. The north façade is relieved by a central pedimented portico. On the south front, a deep central recess lies behind a screen of Corinthian columns. ==Interiors==

On the palace's ground floor is the Bacchus Room, decorated with 17th-century Dutch blue tiles and a painting by Jacob Jordaens depicting Silenus and Bacchantes. The 1778 ceiling painting, Bacchus, Ceres, Venus and Cupid by Jan Bogumił Plersch, was burned by German forces in 1944. The Rotunda, designed by Domenico Merlini, occupies the central portion of the palace. Decorated in yellow and white marble, with figures of the Polish kings, it is one of the most important examples of neoclassical decoration within the palace. It leads to the Bath Room and the Ballroom. On the other side of the Rotunda is the lower Picture Gallery, which contains works by Rubens and Rembrandt, and the chapel. Also on the ground floor is the Dining Room in which the famous Thursday Dinners took place, to which King Stanislaus Augustus invited leading Freemasons and other notables of the Polish Enlightenment. Its furniture and paintings are in the Classicist style. The Solomon Room, one of the largest of the palace's ground-floor interiors, was embellished with a series of paintings depicting the History of Solomon. It comprised six paintings: The Dream of Solomon (plafond), The Queen of Sheba before Solomon, The Judgment of Solomon, Consultation with King Hiram (friezes), Dedication of the Temple and ''Solomon's Sacrifice'' (walls). They were executed for Stanislaus Augustus in 1791–93 by Marcello Bacciarelli and depicted the monarch himself as the biblical king. == Gallery ==

File:Galeria obrazów Pałac na Wyspie w Łazienkach.JPG|Paintings gallery File:Dymitrowicz Solomon Room.jpg|Solomon Room (1892), by Ludomir Dymitrowicz (1844-1923) File:Gryglewski Bathing Room.jpg|Bathing Room (1875), by Aleksander Gryglewski File:Pałac na wyspie, Łazienki Królewskie.jpg|The northern façade of the palace File:2018-07-07 Ogród Królewski w warszawskich Łazienkach 03.jpg|One of two bridges leading to the palace File:Łazienki - Pałac na wodzie - 20.jpg|Statue depicting allegory of the Bug River File:Pałac Na Wodzie - Łazienki Królewskie (16130897659).jpg|Lake surrounding the palace File:Pałac na Wodzie w zespole pałacowo-parkowym Łazienki, KK.jpg|The palace and park File:Pałac na wodzie nocą - panoramio.jpg|Palace on the Isle at night File:Rubens Jacqueline de Caestre.jpg|Portrait of Jacqueline de Caestre, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1618 File:Rubens Jean Charles de Cordes.jpg|Portrait of Jean Charles de Cordes, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1618 File:Brueghel the Younger Temptation of St. Anthony.jpg|Temptation of St. Anthony, Jan Brueghel the Younger, 17th century File:Dyck Philip Herbert.jpg|Portrait of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Anthony van Dyck, ca, 1634 File:Somer Francis Bacon.jpg|Portrait of Francis Bacon, Frans Pourbus the Younger, 1617 File:Jordaens Silenus and Bacchantes.jpg|Silenus and Bacchantes, Jacob Jordaens, first half of 17th century File:Bacciarelli Allegory of Graciousness.jpg|Allegory of Graciousness, Marcello Bacciarelli, ca. 1792 File:Zaleski Royal Baths Palace in summer.jpg|View of the Royal Baths Palace in Summer, Marcin Zaleski, ca. 1837 File:Italy Allegory of Africa.jpg|Allegory of Africa, turn of 17/18th century File:China Earthenware pot with a lid.jpg|China earthenware, 18th century File:Japan Imari vase with Foo Dog.jpg|Japanese Imari vase with Foo Dog, late 18th century File:Le Brun Rococo putto.jpg|A Rococo putto by André Le Brun, ca. 1783 File:Savini Peter Table top with a bull.jpg|Table top with a bull by Pompeo Savini, ca. 1788 ==See also==