Paintings from the Lanckoroński Collection from the 14th through 16th Centuries

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This collection catalogue features eighty-seven Italian Renaissance paintings donated to Wawel Royal Castle by Karolina Lanckorońska in 1994 and 2000. These pictures were once part of the splendid collection of Count Karol Lanckoroński in Vienna. Thought by many art historians to have been lost in World War II, the core of the collection was saved through the prodigious efforts of his children. After the fall of communism Karolina, the count’s last surviving heir, brought the collection out of hiding and divided it between the Royal Castles in Krakow and Warsaw. The attributions were established in consultation with internationally renowned scholars of Italian Renaissance painting. The extensive introductory essay recounts the often dramatic history of the Lanckoroński collection.

Pages: 326
Illustrations: 88 colour, 19 b/w
Format: 22.5 x 26.5 cm
Cover: hardcover and softcover
Date of publication: 2010
Publisher: Wawel Royal Castle
Author: Kazimierz Kuczman, Maria Subiszewska