Walenty Wilhelm Wańkowicz (, ; February 14, 1799 in Kałużyce - May 12, 1842 in Paris) was a Polish painter of Belarusian origin. He studied at the Jesuit College in Polotsk, the University of Wilno and the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. He produced, among other things, a well-known portrait of Adam Mickiewicz (1827–28). Legacy Wańkowicz is honored in Belarus as one of the most important 19th-century painters of Belarusian origin. There is a monument to him in Minsk. The Vankovich House / Wańkowicz House, the former mansion of the Wańkowicz family, is now a museum in the historical part of Minsk. Selected portraits Sources M. Domański, Walenty Wańkowicz - artysta i przyjaciel Mickiewicza, "Rota", 1997 nr 4. Jan Marek Giżycki, Materyały do dziejów Akademii Połockiej i szkół od niej zależnych, 1905 See also List of painters by name List of Poles References 1799 births 1842 deaths People from Byerazino District People from Igumensky Uyezd Ruthenian nobility Clan of Lis Belarusian painters 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists Jesuit College in Polotsk alumni Vilnius University alumni Burials at Montmartre Cemetery Polish male painters