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4 unusual facts about National Gallery in Prague


Feast of the Rosary

The Feast of the Rosary (German: Rosenkranzfest) is a 1506 oil painting by Albrecht Dürer, now in the National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.

František Bílkovský

His work is represented in private collections, but also in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, Moravian Gallery in Brno and other major institutions.

National Gallery in Prague

St. George's Convent (Hradčany) was formerly used to display Art of the Middle Ages in Bohemia and Central Europe, Baroque art, and 19th-century art of Bohemia.

The Slav Epic

As of July 2012, all 20 works are displayed together on the ground floor of the Veletržní Palace, in an exhibition organized by the National Gallery in Prague (exhibition catalogue: Alfons Mucha - Slovanská epopej).



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