Allegory of Satan (Lord of the World) | Ludwik Stasiak | c. 1900 Pietro Antonio Rotari The brushwork is both precise

The brushwork is both precise and loose

The names of past military figures carved into the rocks

such as the dog representing fidelity

Their heads form the skull’s eye sockets

dressed in regal attire

Allegory of Satan (Lord of the World) | Ludwik Stasiak | c. 1900 Pietro Antonio Rotari The brushwork is both preciseAbout the artwork: In Allegory of Satan (Lord of the World), Ludwik Stasiak presents evil not as chaos, but as authority, control, and worldly domination. Painted around 1900, the work shows Satan enthroned like a ruler, surrounded by symbols of death, broken power, and material corruption, which turns the image into a moral and political allegory rather than a simple religious scene. The title is essential because Lord of the World suggests that