Mistrovská díla z kolowratské obrazárny v Rychnově nad Kněžnou
Subtitle: Masterpieces of the Kolowrat picture gallery in Rychnov nad Kněžnou
By: Olga Kotková (ed.).
Contributors: Národní galerie v Praze
Publisher: Národní Galerie v Praze
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Prague]
Language: cze; eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9788070354322
Subjects: European Painting; Exhibitions; Art collections; Painting; Private collections
Other titles: Masterpieces of the Kolowrat picture gallery in Rychnow nad Kněžnou
Description: Summary: The Kolowrat-Krakowsky Libsteinsky family collection in Rychnov nad Knenou is one of the major assemblages to have been amassed in Bohemia by members of the aristocracy. Painting collections were a typical manifestation of the central European cultural structure in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Kolowrat collection arose in the course of the 18th century. When the Picture Gallery of the Society of Patriotic Friends of Arts (the predecessor of today's National Gallery in Prague) was established in 1796, the Kolowrats generously loaned their best Rychnov paintings to the Prague-based organisation. They remained on loan to the Picture Gallery of the Society of Patriotic Friends of Arts until 1872, after which all the paintings were returned to Rychnov Chateau. After February 1948, the art collection was nationalized, and the Kolowrats did not get it back until 1992 under the restitution law.
Notes: Published on the occasion of a long-term exhibition of the collection held at the Sternberg Palace in the National Gallery, Prague.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-118).

Czech and English.