Invitation for the exhibition ‘Aristocrate taking the waters. Count Zygmunt Pusłowski's purchases in Karlsbad'
The new exhibition, opened on 3rd March, on the 101st death anniversary of Zygmunt Pusłowski, presents the objects, currently kept in the Jagiellonian University Museum, purchased by that Cracow's art collector during his five visits in the famous Bohemian health resort in Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) in years 1885, 1886, 1891, 1892 and 1897.
The new exhibition features Bohemian glass crockery sets, including two unique and almost complete sets: one made by Antona Hille in 1885, and second made in Ludwig Moser glass factory in 1892. Apart from this, several sets of silverware will be exhibited, made by distinguished producers from Vienna, and remaining furniture pieces purchased in Karlsbad (among others, a lectern and wooden etagere), a porcelain set and a Japanese folding screen.
While these objects form a part of the Jagiellonian University collection, the archival and iconographic materials were provided by the Jagiellonian University.
Zygmunt Pusłowski was born on 17th December 1948 and died on 3rd March 1913. He studied history, literature and art. His palace at ul. Westerplatte in Cracow became the place for his art collection. Among works of art were paintings of Jan Matejko, Jacek Malczewski, Artur Grottger, Cranach, Rubens, and Delacroix. The palace interior was decorated by gobelins, Gothic and Renaissance sculptures; the library held 40.000 books. The income from two exhibitions organized in the palace (1938 and 1939) was spent for the construction of the National Museum building in Cracow. The collection survived the Second World War. In 1953, Zygmunt's son, Ksawery, donated his family residence to the Jagiellonian University. Presently, the building is the seat of the JU Institute of Musicology, with the Witold Lutosławski Centre and I.J. Paderewski Polish 19th Century Music Documentation Centre.
The exhibition's curator is Beata Frontczak. The exhibition, forming a part of the 650th Jubilee of the Jagiellonian University, will remain open until 13th April.
Free entry!