The Italian edition of the collection catalogue features 87 Italian Renaissance paintings given to the Wawel Royal Castle by Countess Karolina Lanckorońska in 1994 and 2000. These pictures were once part of the splendid collection of Count Karol Lanckoroński in Vienna. Thought by many art historians to have been lost in World War II, the core of the collection was saved through the prodigious efforts of his children. After the fall of communism Karolina, the count’s last surviving heir, brought the collection out of hiding and divided it between the Royal Castles in Krakow and Warsaw. The attributions were established in consultation with internationally renowned scholars of Italian Renaissance painting. The extensive introductory essay recounts the often dramatic story of the Lanckoroński collection.
Italian edition
Pages: 334
Illustrations: 88 colour, 19 b/w
Format: 22.5 x 26.5 cm
Cover: softcover
Date of publication: 2011
Publisher: Wawel Royal Castle
Author: Kazimierz Kuczman, Maria Subiszewska
Translation: Serafina Santoliquido