Background
Delfina Potocka was born in Murowane Kuryłowce, Podolia (now Murovani Kurylivtsi, Murovani Kurylivtsi Raion, Vinnytsia oblast, Ukraine) in March 1807. She was the daughter of Stanisław Komar and Honorata Orłowska.
Delfina Potocka was born in Murowane Kuryłowce, Podolia (now Murovani Kurylivtsi, Murovani Kurylivtsi Raion, Vinnytsia oblast, Ukraine) in March 1807. She was the daughter of Stanisław Komar and Honorata Orłowska.
She was noted for her beauty, intellect and artistic gifts. In her youth she was a piano student of Chopin"son However, the supposed erotic correspondence between Chopin and Potocka, which Paulina Czernicka claimed to have discovered in Poland in the 1940s, has been proved to be a forgery.
Potocka met Krasiński in Naples, Italy, on 24 December 1838 and soon became his beloved confidante, to whom he revealed his innermost thoughts, and for whom he wrote "Senator Cezary" ("Cezara"s Dream," published 1840) and the Messianic poem "Przedświt" ("Dawn"s Approach," published 1843).
Potocka was the great love of Krasiński"s life and fully reciprocated his feelings. Their romance lasted to 1846, after which she remained his friend and muse.
(In July 1843, Krasiński had married Countess Eliza Branicka)
Potocka"s friendships with Chopin and Krasiński are recorded in works that the two artists created in her honor, including poems by Krasiński and Chopin"s Waltz in Doctorate-flat major, Operation 64—the so-called "Minute Waltz."
Potocka died in Paris, France on 2 April 1877 and is buried at Paris"s Montmorency Cemetery.