With an inquisitive look. Mannerist painting from the National Museum in Warsaw

The catalog accompanies the Kadriorg Art Museum’s exhibition “An Curious Look. Mannerist painting from the National Museum in Warsaw ”(21.10.2017–25.02.2018). An artistically intriguing and representative exhibition of collaboration with the Warsaw National Museum brings 36 Mannerist paintings related to the Dutch painting school from the 16th to the 17th century to the Kadriorg Art Museum in Poland. centuries. The exhibition, which exhibits several rare works that are rarely displayed between the walls of the museum, introduces the 100th in Estonia and the Republic of Poland. anniversary international art events.

The exhibition introduces a small part of the rich art collection of the Warsaw National Museum. It is in line with earlier works in the Dutch collection of the Kadriorg Art Museum, which is also on display in the exhibition. Together, they tell the story of the development and spread of a common European artistic language, the far-reaching impact of the examples of grandmasters, and their unique interpretations. The outstanding achievements of Italian Renaissance art, as well as specific details, forms and compositional techniques, came to Estonia largely through Northern European artists, with the development of print graphics and an exceptionally high artistic and technical level playing a special role in this process. In co-operation with the National Museum in Warsaw, an art exhibition was created, which talks about the formation of beauty ideals, the spread of artistic language and spiritual searches, major European-wide processes that were equally important in Poland and Estonia.