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Poland: Where the West met the East.(Polish art will be exhibited in the US)
From:
The Magazine Antiques
| Date:
March 1, 1999| Author:
Eckardt, Allison Ledes
| COPYRIGHT 1999 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Polish art, which chronicles the history of Poland, will be exhibited at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, MD, starting Mar 2 until May 9, 1999. The show features works of art gathered from several of the country's museums.
From the mid-sixteenth century the Polish Commonwealth was the second largest state in Europe with borders stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea and from Silesia almost to Moscow. It was composed of the crown (Poland) and the grand duchy (Lithuania),...
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