The National Museum in Warsaw Handbook of the Collections

Contents
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I. lntroduction 5

2. Ancient Árt Gallery 19

3. Forcign Art Gallery 24
a. Painting 24
b. Sculpture 27

4. National Gallery of Polish Art . 28
a. Mediaeval Art 28
b. Modern Painting 30
c. Modern Sculpture 33

5. Decorative Art 35
3. Pre-war collections 35
b. Post-war collections 36
c. The Middle Agcs 36
d. Renaissance art — XVI century 38
e. Baroque art — XVII century 40
f. XVIII-th century 42
g. XIX-th century 44

6. Prints and Drawings 46
a. Foreign Art — 1. Drawings 46
2. Prints 48
b. Polish Art 49

7. Miniatures 50

8. Numismatic Cabinct 51
a. Ancicnt scction 51
b. Mediaeval and modern section 51

9. Modern Art Gallery S3

10. Workshops, laboratories and offices 56
a. Restoration workshop for paintings 56
b. Restoration workshop for decoratke arts 56
c. Restoration workshop for tapestries 57
d. Restoration workshop for prints and drawings 57
e. Laboratory for rcsearch at the departir.ent of ancient art 57
f. Research and technological documentation laboratory 58
g. Section of documentation 58
h. Library 59
i. Department of Education 60
j Photographic studio . 60

11. Branches 61
a. Lazienki 61
b. W ilanów 62
c. Nieborów and Arkadia 64
d. Lowicz 67
List of illustrations .. 69
Illustrations 87