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Guest Exhibition “Preserved from Oblivion: Baroque Cycles from the Lantana Summer Residence and the Legacy of the Nassis Family”
Guest Exhibition “Preserved from Oblivion: Baroque Cycles from the Lantana Summer Residence and the Legacy of the Nassis Family”
The exhibition will be officially opened on 14 November at 11:00 a.m. in the Gallery of Trakošćan.
EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS:
- Monday and Tuesday (advance booking required via info@trakoscan.hr): 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
The exhibition Preserved from Oblivion presents a selection of seventeen works of art from the collections of the National Museum Zadar: eleven Baroque paintings originating from the former summer residence of the Lantana family, and six Late Renaissance portraits of members of the noble Nassis family. Although differing in date, subject matter and artistic characteristics, these two groups of works are interconnected through the complex history of Zadar’s cultural and family heritage, as well as the circumstances under which former private collections gradually became part of the public museum heritage.
The Baroque section of the exhibition comprises two distinct series. The first consists of five paintings depicting scenes inspired by Torquato Tasso’s epic poem Jerusalem Delivered, while the second features six genre scenes depicting everyday life. These are complemented by a series of six portraits of the Nassis family, dating from around 1600. The exhibition thus brings together different forms of representation – literary-inspired historical narratives, scenes of everyday life and formal family portraits – while also exploring questions of their provenance, collection and preservation.
The new presentation of these works is therefore more than simply bringing them together once again in the exhibition space of the Trakošćan Castle Gallery. It represents a continuation of the ongoing process of research, conservation and reinterpretation of artworks that have changed ownership, locations and functions over the centuries, moving from private aristocratic settings into the public museum context.
Although the artworks’ inclusion in public collections has changed their status, it has not diminished their ability to preserve and convey memories. Once integral to the private residences of Zadar’s noble families, these works now bear witness to a much broader historical context: the social aspirations of their patrons, the artistic tastes of their time, life within aristocratic residences, and the complex processes through which private heritage becomes part of our shared cultural legacy.
This is precisely the purpose of bringing these works together once again in this exhibition: not merely to preserve them from physical loss, but to reintegrate them into the contemporary world of knowledge, interpretation and collective memory.
