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] […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]