Portrait of Alatheia Talbot
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]PORTRAIT OF ALATHEIA TALBOT, COUNTESS OF ARUNDEL, WITH HER ENTIRETYAuthor: Maximilian von Schneidt (1858 – 1937)Copy after PP Rubens (1577-1640)Oil on canvas113 X 175Signed on the back: ,,Copy after PPRubens ⁄ von Max Schneidt”The original is at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany and was painted in 1620Inv. no.: 11.655; PFV: 19; P: 328[/stag_toggle] […]
Idila
Aurul și argintul au fost de-a lungul timpului materialele preferate de artiști pentru realizarea diverselor piese cu utilităţi variate, însă bronzul a reprezentat o opțiune convenabilă, fiind ca şi metalele nobile un material peren. În genere, prin bronz se înțelege aliajul constituit din cupru cu staniu, aluminiu, plumb, în proporții variabile, de aici fiind cunoscute […]
Vase Désiré
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Detalii despre piesă” state=”closed”]VAS CHRISTIAN DÉSIRÉ 1/4 secol XX Sticlă colorată în masă; suflată liber; suprapusă; decor intercalat; modelată; gravată cu acizi şi la roată; pictată manual cu email şi cu aur coloidal[/stag_toggle] Georges Walter descrie, în 1702, în cronica familiei, cum strămoşii săi, care aveau o sticlărie la Soucht, au obţinut autorizaţia […]
Rieger organ
Music played on the organ is an essential element of the liturgy in Catholic churches, thus becoming synonymous with sacred music. However, participating in an incursion into the history of the instrument, we find that this was accidental because the organ was invented in the 2nd century BC, by Ctesbios of Alexandria (Egypt). He built more […]
Portrait of Queen Mary
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Portrait of Queen Mary Philip de Laszlo (1869–1937) Oil/canvas May 1924 No. inv. 7085[/stag_toggle] Three years ago, the London daily newspaper “The Guardian” announced in a laudatory article the long-awaited biography of the man who was Philip de Laszlo (1869–1937). Signed by Peter Duff Hart-Davies and Caroline Corbeau Parsons, it revived […]
Order of Charles III
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]ORDER OF CHARLES III, SPAINGRADE OF GRAND CROSSMARKMODEL 1863No. inv. : 10046; OV. 78; D 139 a[/stag_toggle] At the end of 2013, ninety-five years passed since the historical moment that marked the birth of Greater Romania, on December 1, 1918. The Peleș National Museum chose to pay tribute to the […]
Gismondi
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”]Advertising poster “Gismonda” Author: Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939), French school Color lithograph Signed left, bottom; 1894 Lemercier Printing House, Paris Dimensions: 213 x 70 cm[/stag_toggle] The Art Nouveau movement generated the poster and advertising graphics. Always alive and constantly moving, the ornamentation appears balanced. With the industrial expansion of the 19th century […]
The Paradisiac Muse
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Vase “THE PARADISE MUSE”Emil Gallé1895Colored, blown, layered, rip-striped glass; mineral intercalations[/stag_toggle] The personality of Emile Gallé (1846 – 1904) dominates the history of glassmaking art, not only from 1880 until the creator’s death in 1904, but also long after that, until the closure of the workshops that bore his name in 1936. With an artistic background, […]
Portrait of Prince Ferdinand
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”]Portrait of Prince FerdinandAntonio Argnani (1868 – 1947)Pastel/cardboard, Italian School, ¼ 20th century[/stag_toggle] At the beginning of the 20th century, the Royal Court of Romania was visited by one of the most famous portraitists of the era, Antonio Argnani. Born in Faenza, on February 21, 1868, Antonio Argnani discovered his […]
The prayer in the forest
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”]Madonna Adoring the Child (Prayer in the Forest)Copy after: Fra Filippo Lippi (1406 (?) – 1469)Author: Ottilia Michail – Oteteleşanu (1885-1974)Dated: 1911, in black, lower right/wood; dimensions: 1250 x 1150 cminv: 11629/ P 243 / Ps 20[/stag_toggle] The work is a copy of the original located at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin (originally at the Dahlem Museum in […]
Platou Decorativ Bella Donna
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Detalii despre piesă” state=”closed”]BIANCA CAPPELLO, Atelier Torelli, Florenţa, gen Faenza[/stag_toggle] Patronate de puternica familie Medici, atelierele florentine de maiolică au contribuit cu mijloace specifice la consacrarea lor ca mecena ai artelor. Cunoscuţi pentru aplecarea lor spre cultură în general, Medici se dovedesc revoluţionari şi în acest domeniu, impulsionând o artă pe cale să […]
Sacred Love and Profane Love
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”],,Sacred Love and Profane Love”Maximilian von Schneidt (1858 – 1937)Copy after TitianOil/canvas167 cm x 95 cm4/4 19th century[/stag_toggle] Within the temporary exhibition,,Harmony and Grandeur”, visitors to the museum can admire the most valuable Italian art objects from the royal collection: elaborately carved furniture, marble marquetry and semi-precious stones, worked in […]
Cupă Bavareză
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Detalii despre piesă” state=”closed”]Atelier bavarez; 4/4 sec. XIX; sticla colorata in masa, suflata liber, pastilata, pictata manual cu email; dimensiuni: I – 36,5 cm; D – 21,5 cm[/stag_toggle] Un loc aparte în istoria artei sticlei germane de la sfarșitul secolului al XIX-lea îl ocupă piesele decorate prin pictare cu emailuri policrome. Emailul este […]
Triumphal entry into Rome of Emperor Vespasian and Titus
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Tapester cardboard “The Triumphal Entry into Rome of Emperor Vespasian and Titus” Atelier Erulo Eroli (1854 – 1916), Rome painting on cotton reps 1913 277/266 cm[/stag_toggle] “The Triumphal Entry into Rome of Emperor Vespasian and Titus” is part of the series of tapestries with a historical subject, “The Conquest […]
Cabinet Martin Stöhr
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]CabinetAtelier Martin Stöhr, 1883Walnut wood, carved, turnedDimensions: H: 193.5 cm / W: 161.5 cm / L: 58 cm Inv. 17382A set of cabinets consisting of two pendant pieces. Works of remarkable artistic value, with hand-carved door panels, decorated with allegorical characters, in bas-relief, framed by scalloped shields, the cipher […]
Sclavii
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Detalii despre piesă” state=”closed”]Piesă decorativă „Sclavii” Autor: Giuseppe Michieli, Veneția, 1866 Bronz turnat, cizelat Î- 140 cm; L- 36 cm[/stag_toggle] Lumea artei italiene a cunoscut în secolul al XIX-lea un reviriment al stilurilor decorative anterioare. Operele marilor maeștrii din perioada Renașterii au fost aduse cu succes în actualitatea epocii istoriste. Bogatul patrimoniu de […]
The Locked Door
The ironwork of Peleș Castle is a happy complement to the exterior architecture, because it combines the useful with the aesthetic, and for its realization, the client turned to the most famous Viennese workshops of the time, Albert Milde and Valerian Gillar. In 1878, Albert Milde was registered as the blacksmith of the Austrian Imperial Court, being the owner of a construction company, with […]
Scimitar with Sheath
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Yatagan with scabbard Ottoman workshop, 1591 Damascus steel, silver, gold, wood, coral Yatagan – L: 83 cm Scabbard – L: 74 cm Total L: 85 cm Blade width: 3.5 cm[/stag_toggle] Yatagans represent a separate category within the vast framework of edged weapons, being classified by the specialized literature in the group […]
Engagement Cup
In the goldsmith's collection of Peleş Castle, there is a goblet created at the end of the 19th century, which bears the mark of the German workshop, Nuremberg. Made of silver-plated copper, the goblet, 21.5 cm high, represents a female character, in 17th-century clothing, of the Dutch bourgeois type, characterized by ample volumes, curved shapes, in contrast […]
Drink Service
In the years 1830 – 1832, Aslan from Râşnov built a glassworks in the Azuga River meadow, for which he brought craftsmen from Bohemia. Thus was born one of the oldest glass factories in Romania, which experienced periods of prosperity and periods of crisis, as dictated by the economic conditions of an incipient industry. […]
Engagement Cup
The first Bohemian glassworks appeared in the 13th century, in the still virgin forests of the Ore Mountains and Lusatia, in the western Giant Mountains and on the Orlice hills. The glassworks in the Bohemian forests became important in the 17th century, when the quality of the products increased considerably with the contribution of craftsmen from Bavaria, Austria, […]
Art Nouveau vessel
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Detalii despre piesă” state=”closed”]Vas Art Nouveau Autor: Clément Massier, atelier Golfe-Juan, Franţa, 1900 Faianţă modelată la roată, barbotină, pictată cu şablonul, glazurată I: 33 cm, Dt: 22 cm[/stag_toggle] Clément Massier, unul dintre cei mai străluciţi reprezentanţi ai ceramicii franceze de la începutul secolului al XX-lea, vede lumina zilei în anul 1844, la Vallauris, […]
Baptism Diaper
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Prince Carol’s Baptismal DiaperAuthor: Queen Elizabeth, 1894Frivolité lace, bobbin lace; silk, cotton, crochet; macraméDimensions: 74 x 76 cm[/stag_toggle] Queen Elizabeth, the first sovereign of Romania, is known and appreciated for her rich literary and cultural activity. As a patron of the arts, she practiced and cultivated handicrafts, especially the making of lace with […]
Fruit Picking
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Tapestry “The Fruit Picking” Atelier Aubusson, France tapestry; basse – lisse; wool 2/2 18th century after the cartoons of the French painter François Boucher 390 x 180 cm[/stag_toggle] Tapestry is defined as a fabric made of wool, wool with silk, silk with gold or silver threads, with polychrome decoration, executed on a vertical loom (haute-lisse) […]
Bran Castle
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”]Bran CastlePastel on cardboard, ca. 1922Author Alexandru Severin (1881-1956)Dimensions: H: 95 cm, W: 65 cm[/stag_toggle] In the heritage of the Peleş National Museum there is a Romanian work of fine art, entitled Bran Castle, signed by the painter Alexandru Severin. Balanced composition, representing the inner courtyard of the castle, a romantic, mysterious image of the new residence […]
Inauguration of Pelisor Castle
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”]The inaugural act of Pelişor CastleWatercolor / parchmentAuthor Princess Maria of Romania, 1903Dim: 46/36 cmInv. D.970, MNPeleş[/stag_toggle] In 2013, on May 24, 110 years have passed since the inauguration of the princely and royal residence, Pelişor Castle. Pelişor Castle was built between 1899-1902, at the command of King Carol I, as the residence […]
King Carol I's snuffbox
On November 15, 1894, King Carol I and Queen Elisabeth celebrated their silver wedding, on which occasion numerous important figures from the royal entourage offered them various gifts: decorative vases, snuff boxes, boxes, platters, tea and coffee services. In the precious metal collection of Peleş Castle, consisting of approximately 3000 pieces, it attracts attention - among […]
East
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”]ORIENTALAKimon Loghi1898 oil on canvas, 91cm x 79cm[/stag_toggle] In 1898, Kimon Loghi exhibited “Orientala” at the International Secession Movement in Munich and met with unanimous praise from the public. Thus, one of the most gifted artists in Romania at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries made his debut. The young painter’s canvas marked the dawn of a prodigious career. Loghi […]
The "Vespasian and Titus" tapestry
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Tapestry “Vespasian and Titus”Atelier Erulo Eroli (1854-1916), Rome, ItalyWool, basse – lisse technique; 277 x 196 cm1913[/stag_toggle] The tapestry is a handmade fabric made of wool, wool with silk, silk with gold or silver threads, with polychrome decor, executed on a vertical (haute lisse) or horizontal (basse lisse) loom. The decorative motifs are […]
The Doria bed
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Doria Bed Genovez Workshop, circa 1572 Walnut wood, carved, silk embroidery, gold thread, silver Dimensions H: 240 cm, W: 245 cm, L: 155 cm[/stag_toggle] A piece of exceptional value, dating from around 1572, which belongs to the collection of King Carol I in Peleş Castle, is the Doria bed. Giovanni Andrea […]
The "Giraffe" piano
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”]Blüthner, Julius;workshop: Leipzig, Germany;wood, stucco, gilded;bronze, painted, gilded;steel, drawn; ivory; ebony; textile material;¼ 20th century; L:153 cm, W:86 cm, H:300cm[/stag_toggle] Queen Elisabeth of Romania’s passion for music being well-known, this musical instrument could not be missing from the Peleş Castle heritage, along with which we also mention the existence of a […]
Queen Mary's Mantle
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”]The Coronation Mantle of Queen Mariaproject Costin Petrescu,author Elena Niculescu Frunzeanulabrass, silk, gold thread, ermine, semi-precious stones263 cm x 314 cm[/stag_toggle] The coronation of King Ferdinand I and Queen Maria, as sovereigns of Greater Romania, was to consecrate the act of Union of December 1, 1918. The chosen place did not […]
Watercolor “Chicken”
Queen Elisabeth of Romania (1843 – 1916) took her first painting lessons as a child from her father, Prince Hermann de Wied (1814 – 1864), himself an author inspired by watercolors and canvases. Hermann de Wied introduced her to the secrets of this art, teaching her the basics of watercolor, drawing and painting. Later, […]
Equestrian Armor
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Item details” state=”closed”] TOURNAMENT EQUESTRIAN ARMOR (MAXIMILIAN TYPE)German workshop, ½ century XVIsteel; wood; leather; plaster; textile; horsehair; bone[/stag_toggle] Derived from stories of knights on horseback and ladies with crinolines, tournaments appeared in the Middle Ages and have always represented a competition from which the bravest emerged victorious, who was […]
Bust of Queen Elizabeth
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Bust of Queen ElizabethWladimir Hegel, 1891white marbleSigned and dated on the baseW: 70 cm; L – 50 cm[/stag_toggle] In 1891, Hegel created the bust of Queen Elizabeth in white marble. The work belongs to a series of busts – meant to embody cultural and political personalities of the era, in which the artist also […]
Nautilus Swan
Nautilus pompilius shells, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, are renowned for their beauty and rarity. Whether used in their natural state or included in elaborately crafted pieces, they were found in the “cabinets of rarities” of the private collections of the great nobility. Nautilus cups were popular as early as the late 16th century […]
King Ferdinand's Mantle
The royal mantle, one of the symbols of Romanian royalty, along with the royal crown, the mace, the royal flag and the royal cipher, represents one of the most valuable pieces of the collection of the Peleș National Museum. A symbol of supreme authority, the mantle is a piece of apparatus, representative of the coronation ceremony. King Ferdinand was the first king of Romania who preferred to […]
Spring
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Details about the piece” state=”closed”]Gustav KlimtSpringoil/canvas, ca. 1884Dimensions: 100cm by 55 cmTheater Hall of Peleş Castle[/stag_toggle] In 2012, the artistic world celebrated 150 years since the birth of the Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt, through cultural events, and the Peleş National Museum offers art lovers the opportunity to discover the artist’s early creation, […]
Cupa De Botez
La 12/24 august 1865, la castelul Sigmaringen se năştea prinţul Ferdinand-Victor-Albert-Meinrad. Fiul mijlociu al prinţului Leopold de Hohenzollern (1835-1905) şi al soţiei sale, prinţesa Antonia de Braganza (1845-1913), avea să devină al doilea rege al României, cel care a condus destinele ţării adoptive în perioada 1914-1927, încercând de-a lungul întregii sale existenţe să se dovedească […]
Caravela
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Detalii despre piesă” state=”closed”]CARAVELA, Atelier Salviati, Venetia, 4/4 sec. XIX Sticla; colorare in masa; suflare libera; tragere; modelare; pulverizare cu aur I: 39 cm; DB: 13 cm; L: 23 cm[/stag_toggle] Lângă Veneția, pe insula Torcello, au fost descoperite obiecte din sticlă care datează din perioada secolelor VII -VIII d.H. Schimburile comerciale ale Veneției […]