Donacija Ivana Ružića Strossmayerovoj galeriji starih majstora HAZU

master's thesis

• Title (english): The Donation of Ivan Ružić to the Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters HAZU
• Author: Lucija Burić
• Mentor: Tanja Trška (mentor)
• Mentor: Ljerka Dulibić (komentor)
• Committee member: Danko Šourek (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of History of Art); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-07-06, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; History of Art

Abstract

U diplomskom je radu predstavljena donacija Ivana Ružića Strossmayerovoj galeriji starih majstora HAZU iz 1892. godine. Donesena je detaljna sinteza donatorovih biografskih podataka, s naglaskom na razvoju njegove političke karijere u okviru Stranke prava te razdoblju života u Bjelovaru koje je prethodilo donaciji umjetnina. Predstavljeni su svi poznati podaci o nabavi umjetnina koja se odvila u Rimu na zimu između 1891. i 1892. godine te o okolnostima njihove donacije. Nabava umjetnina je smještena u kontekst tržišta umjetninama u Rimu krajem XIX. stoljeća i složenim povijesnim okolnostima koje su ujedno i uzrok problema u istraživanju njihove provenijencije. U radu je, nadalje, uz arhivske izvore opisan proces donacije, a raspravljena je i kontekstualizirana novčana vrijednost umjetnina s obzirom na navode o njihovoj cijeni iz početka XX. stoljeća. Obrada i povijesno-umjetnička interpretacija umjetnina podijeljena je u dva veća poglavlja posvećena sakralnim i profanim prizorima, unutar kojih su donesene pojedinačne analize svake od dvadeset pet umjetnina iz donacije koje se i dalje čuvaju u Strossmayerovoj galeriji. Nekolicina djela s prikazima složenijih ikonografskih motiva interpretirana je s naglaskom na njihovu ikonografiju. Dvije su kopije analizirane paralelno s originalnim predlošcima te dvije slike s obzirom na pronađene grafike identičnih kompozicija. Ostala su djela istražena u vidu određenih stilskih razdoblja, slikarskih krugova ili pridanih atribucija i datacija. U rad je uvrštena i analiza oznaka na poleđinama slika, pri kojoj je pronađeno nekoliko odgovarajućih naljepnica i oznaka. Naposljetku su donesene i osnovne informacije o djelima iz donacije koja se više ne čuvaju u Strossmayerovoj galeriji. Kao temelj istraživanja primarno su korišteni katalozi i druge publikacije Strossmayerove galerije starih majstora HAZU objavljivane od datuma donacije do danas.

Abstract (english)

This master’s thesis presents the donation of Ivan Ružić to the Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts which took place in 1892. It firstly brings forth a detailed overview of Ružić’s life, highlighting the development of his political career and the period leading up to the donation during which he resided in Bjelovar. The thesis also introduces details pertaining to his acquisition of the artwork which occurred in the winter between 1891 and 1892 in Rome, as well as the social and historical background of the donation. The procurement of the artwork is considered within the wider context of the late nineteenth-century art market in Rome and the resulting problems which arise in provenance research of specific art objects. The donation process is analysed and presented based on the research of archival sources, while the artwork’s monetary value is discussed and contextualized using early twentieth-century newspaper articles and other contemporaneous sources. The art-historical interpretation of the donation is divided into two chapters dedicated to religious and profane paintings, which consist of individual analyses of each artwork. A few of the paintings depicting elaborate iconographic motifs are interpreted with an emphasis on their iconography, two copies are analysed in comparison to the corresponding originals and another pair of paintings are considered in relation to newly found, compositionally matching prints. Other paintings are researched in view of specific stylistic periods, painterly circles and past as well as current attributions. Various markings that were discovered on the backs of the paintings are interpreted and comparatively analysed in the thesis. The final chapter presents basic information about works which were originally donated by Ružić to the Strossmayer Gallery, but were transferred to other Zagreb museums during the course of the twentieth century. Museum catalogues and other scholarly sources published by the Strossmayer Gallery from 1892 up until the present day were used as a point of departure for the research for this thesis.

• Keywords: donacija; Strossmayerova galerija starih majstora HAZU; Ivan Ružić; slikarstvo; kopije; tržište umjetnina XIX. stoljeća u Rimu
• Keywords (english): donation; Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters HAZU; Ivan Ružić; painting; copies; nineteenth-century art market in Rome
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:305698
• Study programme: Title: Art History; specializations in: Research, Teaching; Course: Research; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra povijesti umjetnosti (magistar/magistra povijesti umjetnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-07-11 09:34:07