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Title
  • Gobeliny Ogińskich ze Słonimia : październik 2016 - grudzień 2016 = The Ogiński tapestries from Słonim : October 2016 - December 2016 / redakcja Joanna Zitkiewicz-Kotz.
Author
Zamek Królewski na Wawelu-Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki, owner, host institution, issuing body.
Publication
  • Kraków : Zamek Królewski na Wawelu - Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki, 2016.
  • ©2016

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  • Kletsch, Johan Karl, active 18th century.
  • Ziętkiewicz-Kotz, Joanna,
Description
54 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
Slonim tapestries were made at a workshop set up by Grand Hetman of Lithuania Michał Kazimierz Ogiński around 1782, and run by a Saxon-born weaver Johan Karl Kletsch. The workshop's greatest achievement was a series of 12 tapestries which depicted statues of ancient gods, and were supposed to decorate a garden pavilion of the Slonim palace complex. The tapestries were part of Prince Ogiński's grand project of establishing an aristocratic residence in Slonim - a miniature Versailles. The Słonim residence (in present-day Belarus) was intended to be a miniature copy of the Versailles, and the tapestries - made at a specially built workshop - were the pearl of the garden pavilions. They originally depicted twelve antique figures, but during the First World War some of the collection was destroyed in a fire and the rest was divided up. The seven remaining fabrics from the former "goddess hall" in Słonim have been brought back together in Wawel.
Alternative Title
Ogiński tapestries from Słonim
Subject
  • Kletsch, Johan Karl, active 18th century > Exhibitions
  • Ogiński, Michał Kazimierz, approximately 1730-1800 > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Tapestry > 18th century > Exhibitions
  • Tapestry > Slonim > 18th century > Exhibitions
  • Zamek Królewski na Wawelu-Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki > Exhibitions
Note
  • At head of title: Zamek Królewski na Wawelu - Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki = Wawel Royal Castle - State Art Collection.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-[55]).
Language (note)
  • Polish and English.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9788361866657
  • 8361866655
OCLC
978685328
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library