Abstract:
Great Crown Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki was not and is not in estimation of historians. He was an indifferent commander and politician, but he was a respected patron of the arts. In the history of Białystok he became famous for building a local palace and a city modernization. His artistic action was visible in other places belonged to him. He left a mark in Tyczyn, where the baroque St. Catherine church can be admired.