National Museum, Poznań
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The National Museum, Poznań , Poland
, is a national institution of culture and one of the largest museums in Poland. It comprise a rich collection of Polish painting since the 16th century and a collection of foreign painting (Italian
, Spanish
, Dutch
and German
). The museum is also home to numismatic
collections and a gallery of applied arts
.
Antiquities". During World War II
the building was damaged, the collection looted by German soldiers, while numerous museum exhibits, including the natural and ethnographic
collections, were destroyed. After the war the Polish Government retrieved many of the works seized by the Germans.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, is a national institution of culture and one of the largest museums in Poland. It comprise a rich collection of Polish painting since the 16th century and a collection of foreign painting (Italian
Art of Italy
The history of Italian art is in many ways also the history of Western art. After Etruscan civilization and especially the Roman Republic and Empire that dominated this part of the world for many centuries, Italy was central to European art during the Renaissance. Italy also saw European artistic...
, Spanish
Spanish art
Spanish art is the visual art of Spain, and that of Spanish artists worldwide. Whilst an important contributor to Western art and producing many famous and influential artists Spanish art has often had distinctive characteristics and been assessed...
, Dutch
Dutch School (painting)
The Dutch School were painters in the Netherlands from the early Renaissance to the Baroque. It includes Early Netherlandish and Dutch Renaissance artists active in the northern Low Countries and, later, Dutch Golden Age painting in the United Provinces.Many painters, sculptors and architects of...
and German
German art
German art has a long and distinguished tradition in the visual arts, from the earliest known work of figurative art to its current output of contemporary art....
). The museum is also home to numismatic
Numismatics
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects. While numismatists are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, the discipline also includes the broader study of money and other payment media used to resolve debts and the...
collections and a gallery of applied arts
Applied art
Applied art is the application of design and aesthetics to objects of function and everyday use. Whereas fine arts serve as intellectual stimulation to the viewer or academic sensibilities, the applied arts incorporate design and creative ideals to objects of utility, such as a cup, magazine or...
.
History
The National Museum in Poznań was established in 1857, as the "Museum of Polish and SlavicSlavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
Antiquities". During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the building was damaged, the collection looted by German soldiers, while numerous museum exhibits, including the natural and ethnographic
Ethnography
Ethnography is a qualitative method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group...
collections, were destroyed. After the war the Polish Government retrieved many of the works seized by the Germans.
Gallery of Foreign Painting
The Main Building features one of the largest galleries of foreign painting in Poland, predominantly originating from the collection possessed by the Counts Raczyńskis:- Sofonisba AnguissolaSofonisba AnguissolaSofonisba Anguissola was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.-The Anguissola family:...
, The Chess Game, - Angelo Bronzino, Portrait of Cosimo I dei Medici in armour,
- Alonso Sánchez CoelloAlonso Sánchez CoelloAlonso Sánchez Coello was a portrait painter of the Spanish Renaissance and one of the pioneers of the great tradition of Spanish portrait painting.- Life :...
, The Royal Feast, - Jan van Kessel, el MozoJan van Kessel, juniorJan van Kessel, junior was a Flemish painter, the son of Jan van Kessel .-Biography:...
, Dwarfs with a dog, - Quentin Massys, Madonna and Child with the Lamb,
- Juan Carreño de MirandaJuan Carreño de MirandaJuan Carreño de Miranda was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.Born in Avilés in Asturias, son of a painter with the same name, Juan Carreño de Miranda. His family moved to Madrid in 1623, and he trained in Madrid during the late 1620s as an apprentice to Pedro de Las Cuevas and Bartolomé Roman...
, The Assumption, - Claude MonetClaude MonetClaude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. . Retrieved 6 January 2007...
, Beach in PourvilleBeach in PourvilleBeach in Pourville is a painting by French artist Claude Monet. It was painted in 1882, one of a series of oil-on-canvas works made by Monet that year in the small seaside resort of Pourville-sur-Mer , near Dieppe in northern France...
, recovered on 12 January 2010. - Johann Friedrich OverbeckJohann Friedrich OverbeckJohann Friedrich Overbeck , was a German painter and member of the Nazarene movement. He also made four etchings.-Biography:...
, The Marriage, - Francesco RaiboliniFrancesco RaiboliniFrancesco Raibolini , called Francia, was an Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist from Bologna, who was also director of the city mint....
, Madonna and Child with St. Francis, - Jacob Ruysdael, Fishing,
- Frans Snyders, Wild Boar Hunt,
- Bernardo StrozziBernardo StrozziBernardo Strozzi was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa, and also active in Venice.-Biography:Strozzi was born in Genoa. He was probably not related to the other Strozzi family....
, The Abduction of Europa, - Jacopo TintorettoTintorettoTintoretto , real name Jacopo Comin, was a Venetian painter and a notable exponent of the Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso...
, The Siege of AsolaThe Siege of AsolaThe Siege of Asola is a painting by the Italian late Renaissance master Tintoretto, executed in 1544-1545. It is housed in the National Museum of Poznań, Poland....
, - Diego VelázquezDiego VelázquezDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist...
(his studio?), Blind Woman, - Francisco de Zurbarán, The Virgin of the Rosary venerated by Carthusians.