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The visitor will be able to see it in the Mannerist Hall of Antiquities III of the exhibition of the second route “Restored Historical Interiors”, as soon as the museum reopens its doors. By the way, many chamber music and cultural events take place in this art, so visitors will be able to enjoy the values of Italian art not only by visiting the museum, but also during the events.
This gallery of paintings consists of works recently exhibited in an international exhibition, painted by Venetians, Lombards, Romans, Florentines, Sienites, Calabrians, Flemings, as well as artists of Greek and Polish descent.
The Palace of the Rulers Museum and the sympathetic patron dr. According to P. Kiznis, from now on this impressive collection will only be exhibited in the room dedicated to her, which in historical times was also the most important and largest space in the palace, as it is next to the Pinacoteca del Trono Barroco. , where the most important celebrations and celebrations of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania took place.
Some of the paintings are donated by the industrialist to the Museum of the Palace of the Rulers to enrich the collections of Lithuanian national art and culture, while others are given for storage and permanent display for twenty years or more.
“In the history of the Museum of the Palace of the Rulers and in all of Lithuanian museology, it is a very rare gesture and a very followable example, perhaps comparable to the initiative of Mykolas Žilinskas, when the museum has the opportunity to decorate its spaces with one or more but a whole gallery of valuable paintings.
It is also gratifying that the works exhibited at the international exhibition that have become hostages to the pandemic are returning to Lithuania; it is a sign that in this period of stagnation, culture and art are not left to fate, and we hope for all that normal life will return soon.
It is also very important to emphasize that the honorable industrialist and patron, but a truly modest man, dr. Thanks to P. Kiznis, the unique values of ancient European art return to Lithuania, which have been destroyed and looted by various passers-by who have destroyed the land of Lithuania for many centuries. In this way, we recover the lost signs of Lithuania’s Europeanity, Lithuania’s belonging to the space of European Latin and Christian civilization, and substantially enrich the museum’s exhibition and national collections.
Many thanks to the esteemed patron dr. P. Kiznis for the perception of the importance of such a cultural step, for his patriotism and citizenship, attested by a specific noble step of true patronage. Thanks also to dr. To the relatives of P. Kiznis who supported this initiative, as well as to collector friends Edmundas Armoška and Vilnius Kavaliauskas, who facilitated the decision of the patron, ”said the director of the Palace House Museum, dr. V. Dolinskas.
“That cultural spark, an inspiration in me, has fallen from nature. And why do you live? Although I grew up in a ruthless environment and in harsh conditions, I kept thinking about what could be done, what would remain for a long time, to serve the people and the memory of those who came to me.
Such things give me spiritual satisfaction and energy, ”said patron dr. P. Kiznis emphasized that the support of the family was important to him, as well as the fact that the biblical works, the images of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints, of great value and impressive, in the gallery will not fall into funds of the Palace Museum, and it will be constantly displayed to all museum visitors: Lithuanian residents, students, youth, foreign tourists.
At the Museum of the Palace of the Rulers, dr. P.Kiznis Picture Gallery will exhibit the 14th – 17th centuries. representative works of various Italian painting schools.
The whole combination of acquisition, research, and collection organization issues took almost two years. The works were finally selected in consultation with art historians, restorers and other Lithuanian and foreign experts, after detailed research on infrared and ultraviolet rays and other physical investigations.
Following negotiations between the PK Foundation and the Italian collector, the collection acquired during the quarantine was brought to Lithuania, hung and already delights the Palace Museum staff with astonishing Italian paintings. Subsequently, it is planned to present this gallery to the public in more detail by organizing its opening ceremonies, as well as publishing a special publication.
Daiva Mitrulevičiūtė, Head of International Relations at the Palace Palace Museum, who initiated and curated the international exhibition from which the works came, has no doubt that the new gallery of paintings on the second route “Restored Historic Interiors” will represent – more rooms of the Vilnius Palace in the 14th century there was definitely a gallery of paintings collected by the rulers of the Jagiellonian and Vazi dynasties).
At the same time, it will become an impressive aesthetic object for fans of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque art and an excellent educational space to learn about European art and Lithuanian historical collections.
“According to Italian art historians, Dr. The work donated by P. Kiznis was painted in the 14th century in the seventies, that is, it recalls the years of the life of our rulers Kęstutis and Vytautas.
Important portraits in the history of Lithuania are remembered with the portrait of Pope Leo X created by Jacopino del Conte (1515-1598), which creatively reproduces the work of Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520). It was this Pope, who had personally communicated with the Bishop of Vilnius Albert Radvila, who initiated the process of proclaiming King Kazimieras Jogailaitis as a saint.
Other paintings were created in the 15th-17th centuries. It is worth mentioning the delicate work of Nicoló Rondinelli (doc. 1495 to 1502), a genius student of Giovanni Bellini, a pioneer of the Venice School of Painting, in the famous Florence of the 16th century. the painter Santi di Tito (1536-1603) from the second half of the 17th century. the canvases of the masters Domenico Pugliani (1589-1658) and Jacopo Vignali (1592-1664), the work of Giuseppe Cezari (1568-1640), Caravaggio’s first teacher in Rome, nicknamed the Cavalier d’Arpino.
The gallery presents works by such famous Italian artists as Federico Zuccari, Pietro da Cortona and his students (whose works have been in the Vase collections), Lorenzo Lippi, Francesco Cairo (1607-1665) or Mattios Preti and others.
Even six paintings that reached Vilnius were painted in the 16th century, the other 15 in the 17th century. It was at this time that the residence of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius was a European-level cultural and artistic center, and the rulers Žygimantas Vaza and Vladislovas Vaza acquired works of art in Rome, Florence, Venice, Naples and other Italian cities. through intermediaries.
Dr. P.Kiznis Gallery in the Palace of the Rulers is exhibited as such galleries were created several hundred years ago; the works cover almost all the walls, they are grouped on several floors. These historical galleries can still be seen in the palaces of ancient aristocrats in Rome or Florence, such as Doria-Pamphilij, Colonna, Spada, Corsini, Pitti, and others. From now on, it will be possible to admire a historical gallery of impressive paintings in Vilnius, in the restored palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania ”, said D. Mitrulevičiūtė.
This is not the first time that the head of the public institution PK Fondas, the industrial and cultural sponsor dr. Donation of P. Kiznis to the Museum of the Palace of the Rulers. The sympathetic patron has supported the museum in the preparation of the opening of the second part in 2018 and in the execution of exhibition projects, as well as last year, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King Sigismund. Augustus of Poland, who donated a bronze bust of this pedestal ruler.
Dr. P. Kiznis, as a patron, also supported other important Lithuanian cultural projects, always paying attention to regional initiatives.
