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{{Short description|ArtNational museum and nationalart gallery of Sweden}}▼
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'''Nationalmuseum''' (or '''National Museum of Fine Arts''') is the [[national gallery]] of [[Sweden]], located on the peninsula [[Blasieholmen]] in central [[Stockholm]].▼
 
▲'''Nationalmuseum''' (or '''National Museum of Fine Arts''') is the [[List of national galleries|national gallery]] of [[Sweden]], located on the peninsula [[Blasieholmen]], in central [[Stockholm]].
The museum's operations stretches far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, the nationalmuseum manage the [[National Portrait Gallery (Sweden)|National Portrait gallery]] collection at [[Gripsholm Castle|Gripshom]], [[Gustavsberg porcelain|Gustavsbergporclain]] museum, a handful of castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris ([[Institut Tessin]]).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 July 2021|title=Nationalmuseum collection placement|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.se/samlingarna|url-status=live|website=www.nationalmuseum.se/}}</ref> In the summer of 2018 Nationalmuseum Jamtli opened in [[Östersund Municipality|Östersund]] as a way to show a part of the collection in the north of Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 July 2021|title=Nationalmuseum Jamtli|url=https://www.jamtli.com/nationalmuseum-jamtli/|url-status=live|website=www.jamtli.com/}}</ref>▼
 
▲The museum's operations stretchesstretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, the nationalmuseum manageincluding the [[National Portrait Gallery (Sweden)|National Portrait gallery]] collection at [[Gripsholm Castle|Gripshom]], the [[Gustavsberg porcelain|Gustavsbergporclain]] museum, a handful ofseveral castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris ([[Institut Tessin]]).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 July 2021|title=Nationalmuseum collection placement|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.se/samlingarna|url-status=live|website=www.nationalmuseum.se/}}</ref> In the summer of 2018, Nationalmuseum Jamtli opened in [[Östersund Municipality|Östersund]] as a way to showexhibit a partparts of the collection in the north of Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 July 2021|title=Nationalmuseum Jamtli|url=https://www.jamtli.com/nationalmuseum-jamtli/|url-status=live|website=www.jamtli.com/}}</ref>
The museum's benefactors include King [[Gustav III of Sweden|Gustav III]] and [[Carl Gustaf Tessin]]. The museum was founded in 1792 as Kungliga Museet ("Royal Museum"). The present building was opened in 1866, when it was renamed the Nationalmuseum, and used as one of the buildings to hold the 1866 [[General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1866)|General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm]].▼
 
▲The museum's benefactors include King [[Gustav III of Sweden|Gustav III]] and [[Carl Gustaf Tessin]]. The museumIt was founded in 1792 as Kungliga Museet ("Royal Museum"). The present building was opened in 1866, when it was renamed the Nationalmuseum, and used as onewas ofamong the buildings tothat holdhosted the 1866 [[General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1866)|General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm]].
The current building, built between 1844 and 1866, was inspired by North [[Italian Renaissance]] architecture. It is the design of the German architect [[Friedrich August Stüler]], who also designed the [[Neues Museum]] in [[Berlin]]. The relatively closed exterior, gives no hint of the spacious interior dominated by the huge flight of stairs leading up to the topmost galleries.▼
 
▲The current building, built between 1844 and 1866, was inspired by Northnorthern [[Italian Renaissance]] architecture. It is the design of the German architect [[Friedrich August Stüler]], who also designed the [[Neues Museum]] in [[Berlin]]. TheDespite its relatively closed exterior, givesthe nobuilding hinthas of thea spacious interior dominated by thea hugelarge flight of stairs leading up to the topmost galleries.
The museum was enlarged in 1961 to accommodate the museum workshops. The present restaurant was instated in 1996. The museum building closed for renovation in 2013 and reopened on 13 October 2018. The $132 million overhaul sought to put more of the museum’s collection on display and to match the security, accessibility, fire safety and climate control of a modern institution.▼
 
▲The museum was enlarged in 1961 to accommodate the museum workshops., Theand the museum's presentcurrent restaurant was instatedopened in 1996. The museum building closed for renovation in 2013 and reopened on 13 October 2018. The $132 million overhaul soughtwas undertaken to putallow for more of the museum’smuseum's collection onto be displaydisplayed and to matchdeliver the security, accessibility, fire safety and climate control of a modern institution.
 
== History ==
 
=== The museum’smuseum's early history ===
 
<gallery mode="nolines" widths="200" heights="200">
File:The Milliner (François Boucher) - Nationalmuseum - 17775.tif|''The Milliner'', [[François Boucher]], commissioned by [[Carl Gustaf Tessin]] for [[Louisa Ulrika of Prussia|Louisa Ulrika]].
</gallery>As with several other European national galleries, the history of the Nationalmuseum isinvolves largelya synonymoustransition within the developmentownership from royallyroyalty to the state-owned, and by extension publicly available collections. In Sweden, the foundation was laid for today's state art collections in the 18th century. Several of the works included in the Nationalmuseum collection of, forsuch example,as its [[18th-century French art|18th-century French paintings]], were once owned by Queen [[Louisa Ulrika of Prussia|Lovisa Ulrika]]. In 1777, the Queenqueen's financial situation became unsustainable, inpartly part as athe result of large-scaleher ambitious and costlyexpensive collectingpursuit of art. The debts were settled by her son, Sweden's then King [[Gustav III]], inwhen exchangeshe foragreed herto renouncingsurrender her collections and also [[Drottningholm Palace|Drottningholm palace]].
 
== The building ==
[[File:Nationalmuseum planer.jpg|thumb|Floor plans for the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm]]
The project withto aconstruct newa Royalroyal Museummuseum in Stockholm was one of the largest and most lavish construction works of all time, whichtaking would take twelve12 years to complete andwith another three years to completefor the interior work. The German architect [[Friedrich August Stüler]] was responsible for the design of the building and the Swedish architect [[Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander]] was responsible for the interior design. The building was inaugurated in 1866 atin conjunction with the same[[General timeIndustrial asExposition theof Stockholm Exhibition(1866)|General inIndustrial 1866Exposition of Stockholm]]. The Nationalmuseum has been a state building monument since 1935. The building is owned and managed by the [[National Property Board of Sweden]].
 
== Collection ==
 
The museum collection consists of aboutapproximately half a million500,000 drawings from the [[Middle Ages]] to 1900, a prominent 17th-century collection of [[Rembrandt]] and other [[Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch painters,]] and a collectioncollections of porcelain items, paintings, sculptures, and modern art as well. In total, the collection amountsconsists toof circaapproximately 700 ,000 objects. The museum also has an art library, that is open to the public and academics.
 
Nationalmuseum holds the largest collection of [[portrait miniature]]s in the world, with more than 5 ,200 works.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 July 2021|title=Portrait miniature at Nationalmuseum|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.se/webbtur/skattkammaren-miniatyrer|url-status=live|website=www.nationalmuseum.se/}}</ref> The collection features miniatures from many European school'sschools, including works by [[Nicholas Hilliard]], [[Isaac Oliver]], and [[Louis-Marie Autissier]] among others. A significant portion of worksthe collection derives from the master collector [[Karl Fredrik Dahlgren|Carl Fredrik Dahlgren]], while the more exclusive works were donated by Hjalmar Wicander, a cork -factory owner. Production of bottle corks for the brewery industry provided the basis of his fortune. Wicander also donated funds specifically for additional purchases of miniatures.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 July 2021|title=About the collection|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.se/en/utställningar/skattkammaren|url-status=live|website=www.nationalmuseum.se/en/}}</ref>
 
=== Notable works ===
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File:Pietro Perugino - St Sebastian - WGA17313.jpg|[[Pietro Perugino|Perugino]], [[Saint Sebastian|''St. Sebastian'']]
File:The Lawyer, possibly Ulrich Zasius, 1461-1536, humanist, jurist (Giuseppe Arcimboldo) - Nationalmuseum - 15897.tif|[[Giuseppe Arcimboldo]], ''[[The Jurist (Arcimboldo)|The Lawyer]]'', possibly [[Ulrich Zasius,]] (1461-1536, humanist, jurist'')
File:Manlius Torquatus Fighting a Gaul.jpg|[[Ludwig Refinger]], ''Manlius Torquatus Fighting a Gaul''
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn - "The Kitchen Maid" - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Rembrandt]], [[The Kitchen Maid (Rembrandt)|''The kitchenKitchen Maid'']]
File:Rembrandt Simeon’s Song of Praise.jpg|[[Rembrandt]], ''Simeon's songSong of praisePraise''
File:Joos de Momper IcarusFXD.jpg|[[Joos de Momper]], [[Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (de Momper)|''Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'']]▼
File:The Holy Family by Candlelight (Jacob Jordaens) - Nationalmuseum - 18772.tif|[[Jacob Jordaens]], ''The Holy familyFamily by candlelightCandlelight''
▲File:Joos de Momper IcarusFXD.jpg|[[Joos de Momper]], [[Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (de Momper)|Landscape with the Fall of Icarus]]
File:MarbleBoy bustsplaying inthe RoomFlute 1280,(Judith theLeyster) Sculpture Courtyard.- Nationalmuseum, Stockholm,- Sweden18123.jpgtif|Marble[[Judith bustsLeyster]], in''Boy Room 1280,Playing the Sculpture Courtyard.Flute''
File:Marble busts in Room 1280, the Sculpture Courtyard. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.jpg|Marble busts in the sculpture courtyard
File:Antoine Watteau - The Love Lesson - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Antoine Watteau]], ''The loveLove Lesson'', c. {{Circa|1716}}-1717
File:Rabbit and Copper Pot (Jean Siméon Chardin) - Nationalmuseum - 17788.tif|[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin|Jean Siméon Chardin]], ''Rabbit and Copper Pot''
File:François Boucher - The Triumph of Venus - Google Art Project.jpg|[[François Boucher]], ''[[The Triumph of Venus]]''
File:The Lady with the Veil (the Artist's Wife) (Alexander Roslin) - Nationalmuseum - 21152FXD.jpg|[[Alexander Roslin]], ''[[The Lady with the Veil]]''
File:Marie Antoinette-children-1785-6-Wertmuller.jpg|[[Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller]], ''Queen Marie Antoinette of France and two of her Children Walking in The Park of Trianon'', 1785
File:The Cellist (Self-portrait) (Gustave Courbet) - Nationalmuseum - 20159.tif|[[Gustave Courbet]] ,''The Cellist (Self-portrait)'', 1847
File:Auguste Renoir - La Grenouillère - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], [[La Grenouillère (Renoir)|''La grenouillère'']]
File:Castles in the Air (Anders Zorn) - Nationalmuseum - 24345.tif|[[Anders Zorn]], ''Castles in the Air'', 1885
File:Paul Gauguin Bretagne 1889.JPG|[[Paul Gauguin]], ''[[Fields by the Sea]]'', 1889
File:Hanna Pauli - Frukostdags.JPG|[[Hanna Hirsch-Pauli|Hanna Pauli]], ''Frukostdags''
File:Still Life with Plaster Cupid (Paul Cézanne) - Nationalmuseum - 19606.tif|[[Paul Cézanne]], ''Still Life with Plaster Cupid''
File:Interior with a Reading Lady (Vilhelm Hammershøi) - Nationalmuseum - 18752.tif|[[Vilhelm Hammershøi]], ''Interior with a Reading Lady'', c. {{circa|1900 }}
File:Alexander Roslin - King Gustav III of Sweden and his Brothers - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Alexander Roslin]], ''[[King Gustav III of Sweden and His Brothers]]''
File:Gustaf Cederström - Bringing Home the Body of King Karl XII of Sweden - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Gustaf Cederström]], ''[[Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII]]''
File:Norwegian Mountain Landscape (Johan Christian Dahl) - Nationalmuseum - 19981.tif|[[Johan Christian Dahl]], ''Norwegian Mountain Landscape''
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=== Drawings ===
 
The collection of drawings containcontains c.approximately 500 ,000 sheets, spanning from the late medieval period to about the year 1900.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2 July 2021|title=Nationalmuseum drawings and graphics|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.se/samlingarna/vad-finns-i-samlingarna/teckning-och-grafik|url-status=live|website=www.nationalmuseum.se/}}</ref> The corecollection beingincludes more than 2 ,000 [[Old Master|old master]] drawings collected by [[Carl Gustaf Tessin]]. The sheets were acquired at the important sale of the court banker [[Pierre Crozat]] in the summer of [[1741]]. Tessin was one of fourteen14 collectors who bought at bargain prices.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 July 2021|title=Tessin collection of drawings|url=https://www.themorgan.org/|url-status=live|website=www.themorgan.org/}}</ref> Because of financial reasons, the collection had to bewas sold to kingKing [[Adolf Frederick of Sweden|Adolf Fredrik]].
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File:Dürer - Bildnis eines jungen Mädchen.jpg|[[Albrecht Dürer]], ''Portrait of a Young Woman with Braided Hair,'' 1515
File:Ghirlandaio.jpg|[[Domenico Ghirlandaio]], ''Head of an Old Man,'' ca. {{circa|1490}}
File:Hendrik Goltzius - Self-portrait.jpg|[[Hendrick Goltzius]], ''Self-Portrait,'' ca. 1590–91{{circa|1590}}–91
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[[File:Joseph Ducreux - Selfportrait, called La Surprise (The surprise) - NM 7496 - Nationalmuseum.jpg|thumb|226x226px|[[Joseph Ducreux]], ''La surprise'', a [[self-portrait]]]]{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2023}}
In 2009, the [[National Property Board of Sweden]] (SFV) was commissioned to perform a feasibility study for a renovation and refurbishment project, and the group presented a building program to the government in 2011. In 2012, planning began for the renovation and rebuilding project, and in February 2013, the Nationalmuseum began its evacuation of the building.
 
On 20 February 2014, the SFV was commissioned by the government to perform a renovation and conversion of the Nationalmuseum into a fully modern museum building. During the renovation, the building was closed to the public, but the Nationalmuseum continued to exhibit its collection in other locations in Sweden and abroad.
 
The museum was reinaugurated on 13 October 2018 by King Carl XVI Gustaf in the presence of other members of the royal family, minister of culture [[Alice Bah Kuhnke]] and thousands of visitors. The museum's exhibition space has been expanded and can now receive twice as many visitors and display almost three times as many works than had been possible before the renovation. Previously clogged windows and ceiling lanterns have been modified to create more daylight and views of the city. The noisy restaurant has been moved to a quieter location, with an airy and quiet sculpture courtyard in its former place. The museum has regained a rich color scheme inspired by the original colour palette.
 
== See also ==
* [[List of museums in Stockholm]]
* [[List of national galleries]]
* [[Hallwyl Palace]]
* [[Swedish Museum of National Antiquities]]
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==External links==
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*[http://www.nationalmuseum.se/ National Museum of Fine Arts]
*[https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/nationalmuseum-stockholm?hl=en Virtual tour of the Nationalmuseum] provided by [[Google Arts & Culture]]
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