The collection of portrait miniatures at Nationalmuseum has been enriched with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The artist behind the portrait was the official court painter and the first grand name in English miniature painting, Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619).
This autumn’s major exhibition at Nationalmuseum, The Peredvizhniki – Pioneers of Russian Painting, opens on 29 September 2011. With around 100 pieces on loan from the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the Russian Museum in St Petersburg, this will be Sweden’s largest ever exhibition of works by this group of artists.
The Four Seasons, a thematic exhibition of works from Nationalmuseum’s own collections, opens on 21 June. The exhibition focuses on depictions of the seasons in paintings of the fin de siècle period and on artists’ attempts to capture the essence of the changing seasons.
There’s plenty going on at Nationalmuseum this summer! Take your pick from exhibitions focused on eroticism in art, depictions of the seasons in fin de siècle Scandinavian painting, and shimmering silverware. Meanwhile, children can have fun learning about the gods and goddesses of antiquity.
Museum in a new light: Shimmering Silver 27 January 2011 – March 2012
The exhibition presents silverware from the 1550s to the present day and
the variety in silver as a material. The items are on show in both
daylight as well as artificial light to show the specific qualities that
silver has. The exhibition is part of the project Museum in a new light, which considers how Nationalmuseum’
On 24 March 2011, Nationalmuseum opens the doors to Lust & Vice, a major exhibition filling three rooms and five display cases. Over 200 works from the 16th century to the present day, mostly little-known treasures from the museum’s own collection, will illustrate how views of sexuality, virtue and morality have changed over the centuries.
Nationalmuseum’s new bookshop is a way to meet the increasing demand from customers who wants to buy books online. The bookshop makes it possible for both private persons and distributors, national as well as international, to order Nationalmuseum’s art books through the Internet.
On 30 September, Nationalmuseum opens its autumn exhibition Staging Power – Napoleon, Karl Johan, Alexander. The exhibition presents 410 artifacts in their historical context, all of which have some connection with one or other of the protagonists. The lives of the three rulers are interwoven with art in an unprecedented exhibition on the art of governing through art.
Staging Power. Napoleon, Charles John, Alexander
This autumn, Nationalmuseum presents a majestic exhibition about the art
of governing through art. The three protagonists Napoleon, Charles John
and Alexander were all skilled at using art to demonstrate legitimacy
and to strengthen their position. This magnificent work published in
conjunction with the exhibition presents new research
This autumn, Nationalmuseum presents the magnificent exhibition Staging Power – Napoleon, Karl Johan, Alexander. On show will be some 420 items - a collection of portraits, costumes, jewellery and other art wares – all telling a story of honour and power. The exhibition is about the art of governing through art.
Nationalmuseum’s summer exhibition At Home – Scandinavian Interiors opened on 16 June. The exhibition shows how the home has been portrayed by some of Scandinavia’s best-loved artists during the 18th and 19th centuries. It is a series of seldom-seen works from the museums own collection.
Flemish Paintings c. 1600 – c. 1800 is the third and final volume in a series of catalogues raisonnés dealing with Dutch and Flemish paintings in the Nationalmuseum. This volume covers famous painters like Anthonis van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Brueghel I, Jacob Jordaens, Frans Snyders and Jan Fyt, but also less known artists.
