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New edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

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New edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

A new edition of the Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm is now available. It is the second part of Volume 27, which contains scientific articles and information about the museum’s acquisitions in 2020. The publication is issued in digital format and is made available free of charge – both to read online and for downloading.

The Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm is a journal devoted to art history. It is published in English twice a year with a content that ranges from older master paintings to contemporary design. The articles are primarily written by the museum’s curators and researchers, but also by international colleagues and specialists. Carina Fryklund and Lena Dahlén writes about Artemisia Gentileschi’s Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Magnus Olausson about Eye Miniatures – Privacy and Intimacy in Miniature Painting, Sarah Ferrari about Copying from the Old Masters. Raphael “à la française”: The Holy Family with a Sparrow and its Copies by Philippe de Champaigne and Jean Baptiste Corneille and Hans Vlieghe about Cornelis de Vos Assisting Rubens. A Note on his Head Studies for the Torre de la Parada.

Article authors: Lena Dahlén, Sarah Ferrari, Carina Fryklund, Eva-Lena Karlsson, Helena Kåberg, Magnus Olausson, Martin Olin, Daniel Prytz, Cilla Robach, Ulrika Schaeder and Hans Vlieghe.

The Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum is a digital publication published in English, which highlights significant new acquisitions and presents articles on the history and theory of art related to Nationalmuseum's collections. The authors work primarily at Nationalmuseum. As a contribution to the efforts to promote Open Access and the free dissemination of scholarly and scientific information, it is published in a digital format and made available free of charge to read online and for downloading.

It also uses the DiVA portal (Digital Scientific Archive) at Uppsala University as a publication platform.

The publication has been funded by the Friends of the Nationalmuseum.

For further information
Hanna Tottmar, Head of Press, press@nationalmuseum.se, +46 (0)8 5195 4400

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Nationalmuseum is Sweden’s museum of art and design. The collections comprise some 700 000 objects, including paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art from the 16th century up to the beginning of the 20th century and the collection of applied art and design up to the present day. Nationalmuseum’s responsibility is to preserve and make art accessible and provide knowledge. The museum was appointed the Swedish Museum of the Year 2022.

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Press contact Hanna Tottmar +46 (0)8 5195 4400

Welcome to Nationalmuseum Sweden!

Nationalmuseum is Sweden’s museum of art and design. The collections include paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art from the 16th century up to the beginning of the 20th century and the collection of applied art and design up to the present day. The total amount of objects is around 700,000. .

The emphasis of the collection of paintings is on Swedish 18th and 19th century painting. Dutch painting from the 17th century is also well represented, and the French 18th century collection is regarded as one of the best in the world. The works are made by artists such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Goya, Boucher, Watteau, Renoir and Degas as well as Swedish artists such as Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, Ernst Josephson and Carl Fredrik Hill.

The collection of applied art and design consists of objects such as ceramics, textiles, glass and precious and non-precious metals as well as furniture and books etc. The collection of prints and drawings comprises works by Rembrandt, Watteau, Manet, Sergel, Carl Larsson, Carl Fredrik Hill and Ernst Josephson. Central are the 2,000 master drawings that Carl Gustaf Tessin acquired during his tour of duty as Sweden's ambassador to France in the 18th century.

Art and objects from Nationalmuseum’s collections can also be seen at several royal palaces such as Gripsholm, Drottningholm, Strömsholm, Rosersberg and Ulriksdal as well as in the Swedish Institute in Paris. The museum administers the Swedish National Portrait Gallery at Gripsholm Castle, the world’s oldest national portrait gallery and the Gustavsberg collection with approximately 45,000 objects manufactured at the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory. Nationalmuseum also curates exhibitions at Nationalmuseum Jamtli and the Gustavsberg Porcelain Museum.

Nationalmuseum is a government authority with a mandate to preserve cultural heritage and promote art, interest in art and knowledge of art and that falls within the remit of the Swedish Ministry of Culture.