The subject of the paper is a set of works of art created in the period be-tween the beginning of the reign of Henry the Bearded (1201) and the death of Henry the Pious at the death in the battle of Legnica in 1241. It is primari-ly about the works of art founded by members of the dynasty. The research will include residential complexes (Wroclaw, Legnica), monastic complexes (Trzebnica, Lubiąż, Henryków, early Mendicant monasteries) with their ar-tistic furnishings, as well as urban complexes and their temples. Analyses and interpretations of the works will be geared towards reading the messag-es and ideological content, as well as identifying their functions in the con-text of the intentions and tasks set by the two princes. The author will try to give an answer to the question of whether the princes’ foundations were primarily aimed at supporting the reign of the dynasty and the perspective intention of obtaining the Polish crown, or whether the artistic realizations were intended to express the profound religious content prevailing at court and inspired by the monastic circles.