Maria Bal
 Jadwiga Maria Kinga Bal (Balowa) of Zaleszczyki née Brunicka (July 26 1879 – January 1 1955) was a Polish baroness and a lifelong muse of Jacek Malczewski considered Poland's national painter. She served as the live model for a series of his symbolic portrayals of women as well as nude studies and mythological beings. Most were completed before the interwar period when Poland had not yet achieved independence.