National Museum in Kraków
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The National Museum in Kraków, popularly abbreviated as MNK, is the largest museum in Poland. Established in 1879, the museum consists of 21 departments which are divided by art period: 11 galleries,
Main building
Apollo - Copernicus solar system by Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904
The Włocławek Goblet, 10th century
St Stanislaus. Gothic stained-glass window from Dominican Monastery in Kraków
Lady with an Ermine
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The Lady with an Ermine is a portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. Dated to c. 1489–1491, the work is painted in oils on a panel of walnut wood. Its subject is Cecilia
National Museum in Kraków
…some of the best known paintings of the Young Poland Movement, including sculpture. Czartoryski Museum, with world-famous for Leonardo's painting of Lady with an Ermine. The museum has other old masters on display including dramatic landscapes by Rembrandt. Czartoryski Library, with illuminated medieval and early modern…
Lady with an Ermine Leonardo da Vinci
Detail of the lady's head
Detail of the ermine
"Monuments Men" – Frank P. Albright, Everett Parker Lesley, Joe D. Espinosa – and Polish liaison officer Karol Estreicher pose with the painting upon its return to Poland in April 1946.