9 Retoryka street in Kraków, Historic townhouse in Nowy Świat, Kraków, Poland

Kamienica Pod Osłem at 9 Retoryka Street is a four-axis townhouse with an asymmetrical facade, built of dark brick. It has loggias, a corner bay window supported on a pillar, and details modelled on Mannerist architecture. Above the bay window is a sculpture of a donkey's head.

Teodor Talowski designed and built the house in 1891 as his own home, using the dark brick characteristic of his work. It belongs to the largest group of his buildings on Retoryka Street, together with the House Under the Singing Frog, Nos. 3 and 5, and the Festina Lente house. It was entered in the register of monuments on 9 May 1968 and is also in the municipal record of monuments.

The name "House Under the Donkey" comes from the donkey's head sculpture placed above the corner bay window of the facade. The building also bears the Latin motto "Faber est suae quisque fortunae" (each man is the maker of his own fortune), inscribed on it.

The building is located in central Kraków among other historical structures, making it easy to find and walk past. Visitors can view the facade from the street, though the interior is not open to the public.

The house is one of the largest complexes of buildings by Teodor Talowski on Retoryka Street, together with the House Under the Singing Frog, No. 3, No. 5 and the Festina Lente house. Talowski built it in 1891 as his own home.