Elzhbeta Oginskaya, Puzyna by marriage (1700–1767) was the daughter of Lithuanian Hetman Grigoriy Antoniy Oginsky; she was the patroness of arts and active patroness of the Jesuit Order. Being an educated woman she was interested in natural sciences and founded the astronomical observatory at Vilna Jesuit Academy. She financed the construction of a magnificent church in honour of St. Tadeusz in the town of Luchay. In a token of gratitude, the residents of the town ordered a portrait of their benefactress from the artist. On the back of the portrait there is an inscription in Polish, which reads as follows:
ELZBIETA Z XIĄZĄT
OGINSKIEH PUZYNINA
KASZTELANOWA MSCISŁAWSKA
CóRKA HETMANA WIELKIEGO
LITEWSKIEGO TREOREGO
OGINSKEGO STAROSCINA
TRYSKA Y IODANSKA PANI DZIE-
DZICZNA LUEZAGA. WIEKU 60.
MAIACA Z XIEZNEY TEOFILI
MATKI CZARTORYISKIEY. SPLODZO-
Na ROKU PAN. 1760.
(Elzbieta of the Oginsky knyazs, wife of the Mstislav castellan Puzyna, daughter of the great Lithuanian hetman Grigoriy Oginsky, headman of TRYSKA Y IODANSKA, crown mistress of LUEZAGA. Age 60. Born from knyazhna Teofiliya, mother of the Chartoriyskiye. Year 1760.)