Gothic painting and sculpture

Curator: PhDr. Želmíra Grajciarová

To compliment the architectural aspect of Gothic art as represented in Palffy Palace by several preserved fragments, an even more attractive, although not as extensive (only 19 works), permanent exhibit, the Exhibition og Gothic wooden Murals and Carvings is being presented. Three centuries (the 14^th – 16^th centuries) of the creativity of ourforbears are documented through such wooden murals, carvings and reliefs – as they have been preserved in the collection of Bratislava City Gallery – without claiming in the least to give a complete picture of the development of Gothic art in Slovakia.
Presented here is „Vajnorska madona“ (from around 1320), making it the oldest creation in the Gallery´s collection. From the 15^th century is „The Baptism of Christ“ a relief probably originally placed from the screen of the altar that once stood in St. Martin ´s Cathedral and today no longer exist. An interesting example of the combination of two creative streams of Gothic sculpture is the polychromized „Madona with child“ from the second half of 15^th century. And finaly, from the 16^th century is the extensive wooden mural „The Annunciation“ an example of late Gothic painted work dating from 1517.