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The Strossmayer Gallery exhibits the works of European painters from 14th-19th century. The holdings have been classified into three major groups: Italian, French and Northern European (German, Flemish and Dutch) works, and also some works by Croatian artists. They were given the collective name of
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Bishop Strossmayer had been buying paintings for 30 years, since his appointment as bishop of Đakovo in 1850. He began with Italian art, mainly Renaissance works from Florence and Venice. In the 1870s, however, he diversified into the schools of northern Europe, and 17th-century art. In 1868, he
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The Strossmayer Gallery holding includes around 4,000 works, of which some 250 are on display, with the remainder in storage, or on display at other museums or gallery institutions in Croatia.
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decided to donate his collection to the Croatian people, entrusting it to the Academy. He oversaw the building of a Viennese style neo-Renaissance palace in Zagreb, designed by the architect
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Over the years, such a prestigious collection attracted further donations, including those of contemporary artists. The expansion led in 1934 to the founding of the
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Schiavoni, deriving from the Italian name for Slavs. Although born on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, their lives and work were associated with Italy.
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to hold the more recent works. Other additions to the collection included acquisitions and donations from notable philanthropists such as
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The Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters opened in November 1884, named after its founder, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, the
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The Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters is housed in the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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In addition to the paintings in the gallery, the Academy building also houses the
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Sewell, Brian (2009), International Trust for Croatian Monuments (ed.),
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exhibiting the collection donated to the city by Bishop
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Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters on the HAZU website
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Croatian
Zagreb
Croatia
Josip Juraj Strossmayer
Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
bishop of Đakovo
Friedrich von Schmidt
Modern Gallery
Ivan Ružić
Marquis Etienne de Piennes
Ante Topić Mimara
Zlatko Baloković
a strong earthquake

Jan Wellens de Cock

Federico Bencovich
Baška Tablet
Ivan Meštrović
Modern Gallery, Zagreb
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Croatian Museum of Naïve Art


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