At the request of visitors, the exhibition "Oaks of the Baltic"

At the request of visitors to the museum, we extend the exhibition "Oaks of the Baltic" dedicated to the centenary of the Latvian state, representatives of the National Museum of Latvian Art (LNMM) inform the portal "Delfi".

The Riga Stock Exchange will be open on weekends until December 2nd.

We remind you that the exhibition was inaugurated on August 25th. It presents Dutch and Flemish paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries on oak panels from the collection of the Latvian National Museum.

The Baltic Oaks project includes identifying these oaks with DNA and dendrochronology methods to confirm that the oaks shipped to the Dutch ports by the Hanseatic League come from the Baltic region, which means not only Latvia but also also Lithuania and Poland. The exhibition is a special story and a surprise for the centenary of the Latvian state, as the results show that the paintings, which we perceive as centuries of Dutch cultural heritage, have very direct links with our region . The works selected for the exhibition are part of the "Golden Fund" collection of the National Museum of Art of Latvia (LNMM), which was constituted mainly from the late eighteenth century to the beginning. of the twentieth century, as gifts of collectors of Riga for their city.

The Riga Stock Exchange Museum houses the largest collection of Dutch and Flemish art from the Baltic countries, which brings together artists of its time such as Bartholomeus Spranger (1546-1611), Pieter Pietersz Aertsen (1540-1603), Josu de The new momp (Joos of Momper II, 1564-1635), Daniel Seghers (1590-1661), Esiasu fan of Feldi (Esai van de Velde, 1587-1630), Antonius fan Deiku (Antoon van Dyck, 1599-1641 ), Christoffel Jacobs van der Laemen, circa 1606-1652, Quirigh Geritsz van Brekelenkamp, ​​circa 1620-1668, Solomon van Ruysdael, 1600-1670), Jan Porcellis (circa 1584-1632), Melhioru de Hondekuter (Melchior of 39, Hondecoeter, circa 1636-1695), Jacob van Loo (1614-1670), Pieter de Molijn (1595-1661) and Adrian fan of Fenni (Adriaen van de Venne, 1589-1662).