The splendid Krasiński Palace (Palace of the Commonwealth) once housed an equally splendid collection of paintings ...
The palace was built in the years 1677-1695 according to the design of the Dutch-born architect Tylman Gamerski (Tielman van Gameren, 1632-1706), trained in Venice, for Jan Dobrogost Krasiński (1639-1717), starost of Warsaw. The Krasiński laid out a large Baroque garden to the west of the building and established a considerable art collection inside, including works by Albrecht Dürer, Correggio, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Peter Paul Rubens (some paintings are mentioned in Jan Dobrogost's will of 1713). Andreas Schlüter designed the interior decoration, as well as the pediment reliefs. During the Great Northern War, the palace was plundered and devastated by the Swedes in 1702. It was partially renovated by Krasiński's successors. After 1765, the palace was renovated after being purchased by the Commonwealth to serve as the headquarters of the Crown Treasury Commission. However, in 1795, the Tsarist military authorities removed the palace's furnishings (Partitions of Poland). In September 1939, the palace was damaged and partially burned by German forces, and again on August 27, 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, when it was bombed by German planes. The palace was rebuilt between 1948 and 1961 ...
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