Opus Sacrum
From the Collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson

Introduction by Sir John Pope-Hennessy

  • 1990
  • 240 × 260 mm, 400 pages
  • 80 full-page colour plates, 20 colour, 78 b&w illustrations
  • clothbound, with jacket
  • ISBN 3-900731-29-2

This scholarly catalogue documents an exhibition of religious work of art (paintings, drawings, sculpture, and art objects) from the famous Barbara Piasecka-Johnson Collection which was held at the Royal Castle in Warsaw in the summer of 1990. Ranging from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, the exhibition included works by Filippo Lippi, Mantegna, Raphael, Caravaggio and Zurbarán. A host of distinguished international art historians contributed essays on the works and biographical notes on the artists.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD
JÓZEF GRABSKI

OPUS SACRUM
JOHN POPE-HENNESSY

INTRODUCTION TO THE EXHIBITION AT THE ROYAL CASTLE  
ALEKSANDER GIEYSZTOR

ART COLLECTIONS IN POLAND
ANDRZEJ ROTTERMUND, JÓZEF GRABSKI

LIST OF EXHIBITS

CATALOGUE

PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
SCULPTURES AND ARTIFACTS

NAME INDEX