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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21832#0040
Hubert Kowalski
The history of regal and university collection of plaster casts
after the establishment of the Royal University of Warsaw, in 1817, at the request
of Sigmund Vogel and with the help of Josef Boretti, the collection was moved
to the Kazimierzowski Palace17 and placed in two rooms'8 (fig. 4). The collection,
displayed temporarily under the supervision of Antoni Blank, the general restorer,
grewbigger thanks to new purchases or gifts. One of them, from Stanisław Potocki,
consisted of casts of Dresden sculptures.19 In 1818 several plaster casts were pur-
chased from the family of Marcello Bacciarelli,20 who stored them in his own stu-
dio.11 In 1820-1821 the palace received a transport of 140 casts purchased in Paris.21
A list of all necessary purchases was formulated by Blank. The person responsible
for bringing the casts from Paris was Louis Letronne. A year later Letronne was
to provide the next casts (for example the "Faun from Capitol" and bas-reliefs from
"Parthenon"). Unfortunately due to the bankruptcy of his company - The Office
of Fine Arts in Miodowa street - he did not fulfill the agreement.
No sooner than in 1821, after opening a new university building (currently housing
the Faculty of History) (fig. 5), the collection was moved to the specially designed
space at the Column Hall (fig. 6). The building, in which the collection was located,
was erected in 1819-1820, probably according to the design of Michał Kado.23
At that time the collection comprised 682 exhibits,24 to which a group of plaster
casts brought from Paris was added later on.25 A year after moving the collection
to the Column Hall, the sculptures were fully renovated by the Ignacy Vincenti26
and whitened by professor Blank and the students of the Fine Arts Department. Fl§-4'Kaztmit:rzowsk
T-i . . . . r .. riT.r Palace, 1820. Lithogra-
inere is an interesting mtormation in one or the Warsaw newspapers: the taste- , , _ . ..
0 1 r phy by Ludwik
ful location of this collection in four rows on both sides [... ] of the room [... ] Horwart Historical
is the concept of Mr Blank, a teacher of painting at our university, [who] invented Museum of Warsaw
39
The history of regal and university collection of plaster casts
after the establishment of the Royal University of Warsaw, in 1817, at the request
of Sigmund Vogel and with the help of Josef Boretti, the collection was moved
to the Kazimierzowski Palace17 and placed in two rooms'8 (fig. 4). The collection,
displayed temporarily under the supervision of Antoni Blank, the general restorer,
grewbigger thanks to new purchases or gifts. One of them, from Stanisław Potocki,
consisted of casts of Dresden sculptures.19 In 1818 several plaster casts were pur-
chased from the family of Marcello Bacciarelli,20 who stored them in his own stu-
dio.11 In 1820-1821 the palace received a transport of 140 casts purchased in Paris.21
A list of all necessary purchases was formulated by Blank. The person responsible
for bringing the casts from Paris was Louis Letronne. A year later Letronne was
to provide the next casts (for example the "Faun from Capitol" and bas-reliefs from
"Parthenon"). Unfortunately due to the bankruptcy of his company - The Office
of Fine Arts in Miodowa street - he did not fulfill the agreement.
No sooner than in 1821, after opening a new university building (currently housing
the Faculty of History) (fig. 5), the collection was moved to the specially designed
space at the Column Hall (fig. 6). The building, in which the collection was located,
was erected in 1819-1820, probably according to the design of Michał Kado.23
At that time the collection comprised 682 exhibits,24 to which a group of plaster
casts brought from Paris was added later on.25 A year after moving the collection
to the Column Hall, the sculptures were fully renovated by the Ignacy Vincenti26
and whitened by professor Blank and the students of the Fine Arts Department. Fl§-4'Kaztmit:rzowsk
T-i . . . . r .. riT.r Palace, 1820. Lithogra-
inere is an interesting mtormation in one or the Warsaw newspapers: the taste- , , _ . ..
0 1 r phy by Ludwik
ful location of this collection in four rows on both sides [... ] of the room [... ] Horwart Historical
is the concept of Mr Blank, a teacher of painting at our university, [who] invented Museum of Warsaw
39