Press release - 20 September 2011 07:22

European Silver 1500-1850

European Silver 1500-1850 is the second volume in the series of catalogues of the Nationalmuseum’s extensive collections of applied art, design and industrial design. The catalogue presents the museum’s collections of European silver from 1500 to 1850, extensively illustrated with photographs of the works, including details and stamps. It offers identification, provenance, exhibition history and bibliographical references of the objects, as well as previously unpublished information on the numismatic material used in the decoration of some of the objects. The first volume, Swedish Silver 1500-1850, from 2009 has become something of a bestseller within its genre and was that year selected by Swedish Book Art as one of 25 books produced in exemplary fashion to serve as models for emulation. A CD with both the catalogues Swedish Silver 1500-1850 and European Silver 1500-1850 in pdf format is included in this edition.

European Silver 1500-1850
Editorial commitee: Lisa Skogh, Micael Ernstell, Ingrid Lindell, Janna Herder and Karin Sidén
Graphic design: Hans Cogne
Layout: Hans Cogne and Håkan Ängquist
Price: F-price 550 SEK, in Nationalmuseum’s store and bookshop online 695 SEK
Pages: c. 224, richly illustrated
Language: Swedish and English
ISBN: 978-91-7100-821-3

The book is available in Nationalmuseum’s store or the bookshop online: http://nationalmuseum.bokorder.se.

Further information:
Ingrid Lindell, Publications Manager: ill@nationalmuseum.se, +46 8 5195 4329

For press images and excerpts from the catalogue:
Hanna Tottmar, Press Officer: htr@nationalmuseum.se, +46 8 5195 4390

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.

European Silver 1500-1850

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