OPUS SACRUM - From the Collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson catalogue edited by Józef GRABSKI 1990 240 × 260 mm, Pages: 400 80 full-page colour plates, 20 colour, 78 b&w illustrations clothbound, with jacket ISBN 3-900731-29-2 On the cover: Giovanni Caccini, Christ (Salvator Mundi), white marble, 72,5 cm, Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection.

This scholarly catalogue documents an exhibition of religious works of art (paintings, drawings, sculpture, and art objects) from the famous Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection which was held at the Royal Castle in Warsaw in th summer of 1990. Ranging from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, the exhibition included works by Filippo Lippi, Mantegna, Raphael, Caravaggio, and Zurbarán. A host of distinguished international art historians contributed essays on the works and biographical notes on the artists.

CONTENTS

JÓZEF GRABSKI - FOREWORD

JOHN POPE-HENNESSY - OPUS SACRUM

ALEKSANDER GIEYSZTOR - INTRODUCTION TO THE EXHIBITION AT THE ROYAL CASTLE

ANDRZEJ ROTTERMUND, JÓZEF GRABSKI - ART COLLECTIONS IN POLAND

PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS

SCULPTURES AND ARTIFACTS

NAME INDEX