Kristīne Budže. Light Catchers. Rundāle: Rundāle Palace Museum, 2024. 283 p.
In the first part of the book, the history of glass chandeliers in Europe is described, tracing the development of chandeliers and characterising the types, structural and decorative elements of chandeliers and also the glass used in their manufacturing, its composition and properties. The book provides an insight into the history of glass production and the distribution of glass chandeliers in the current territory of Latvia, and also the glass chandeliers in Rundāle Palace, their origin and restoration are characterised. The second part of the book is a catalogue of the collection of historical glass chandeliers of the Rundāle Palace Museum aggregating information on 12 chandeliers from nine churches of Latvia. The catalogue includes a detailed description of the chandeliers, information on the potential origin, and the restoration performed, and also the general view of chandeliers in photographs taken by the designer of the book Alexey Murashko and individual fragments of the chandeliers have been highlighted.
The book is bilingual, with texts in Latvian and English.
Price: 35 EUR
Digital Catalogue of the International Exhibition “Tapestries in Bloom”
Pilsrundāle: Rundāle Palace Museum, 2023.
The catalogue showcases the exhibition “Tapestries in Bloom” which took place in the Rundāle Palace Museum in 2023. 15 tapestries dedicated to the topic of garden and made in the Gobelins, Beauvais, and Aubusson Manufactories from the early 16th century to the mid-20th century were displayed in the exhibition. They were made according to the designs of Dutch and French painters, also Paul Cézanne and Edouard Manet.
“Tapestries in Bloom” at Rundāle Palace was the satellite exhibition of the 7th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial “QUO VADIS?” organised by the Latvian National Museum of Art.
The exhibition was created in cooperation with Le Mobilier national (The National Furniture Fund of France), the Latvian National Museum of Art, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, and the association VIA ARS.
The catalogue of the exhibition is available in Latvian, English, and French.
Lauma Lancmane, Valda Vilīte. Stoves of Rundāle Palace
Pilsrundāle: Rundāle Palace Museum, 2023. 264 p.
Series “Collections of the Rundāle Palace Museum”
The richly illustrated publication details the history of making, preservation, and restoration of stoves of Rundāle Palace, the master craftsmen, the types and scenes of stoves which are used in painting of the tiles. The publication also provides description of all elements of the historical heating system of the palace (not only stoves but also fireplaces, hearths, flues, chimneys) and includes information on the stoves which did not survive.
The book is bilingual, with texts in Latvian and English.
Price: 25 EUR
Imants Lancmanis. The Vases of Duchess Dorothea
Pilsrundāle: Rundāle Palace Museum, 2021. 16 p.
Series: Tales of Objects of the Rundāle Palace Museum
Artist: Katrīna Vasilevska
Brochure is published in Latvian and English (separate publication in each language)
The edition is dedicated to a set of vases made in the style of Neoclassicism at the Royal Porcelain Manufactory (KPM) in Berlin, decorated with the coat of arms of Peter, Duke of Courland, and a portrait of Duchess Dorothea. The vases were made in 1791 and were a gift to Duchess Dorothea from King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia. The author has analysed the artistic qualities of the vases and presented a history of these unique objects from the moment of their creation to their arrival in the collection of the Rundāle Palace Museum.
Price: 2 EUR
Lauma Lancmane. Utrecht tiles in Rundāle Palace
Pilsrundāle: Rundāle Palace Museum, 2021. 16 p.
Series: Tales of Objects of the Rundāle Palace Museum
Artist: Katrīna Vasilevska
Brochure is published in Latvian and English (separate publication in each language)
The publication is dedicated to the blue painted wall tiles made in the Dutch city of Utrecht circa 1738/1739 that during the construction of Rundāle Palace were used for decorating the toilet and washroom of the private apartments of Ernst Johann, Duke of Courland. The author has described the history of Dutch tile manufacturing and the context of procurement, and has provided an analysis of the scenes depicted on tiles preserved in Rundāle Palace.
Price: 2 EUR
Imants Lancmanis. Dievinātā Doroteja (Adored Dorothea)
Rundāle: Rundāle Palace Museum, 2018. 400 p.
This book is a dedication to the Duchess of Courland Dorothea on her 250th birthday, which in 2011 was marked by a small exhibition of identical title held at the Museum. The exhibition summarised the most significant events in Dorothea’s biography, displayed portraits of her and presented testimonies of her contemporaries, thus giving a voice to Dorothea and to those who knew her. The book follows in suite: the author’s narrative merely sketches transition from one direct speech to another, from one station in Dorothea’s life to the next. Quotations like traffic posts mark the passage of her life, lived at the turn of centuries when the old feudal world began to collapse and the French Revolution and Napoleon’s epoch marked a new world order.
Published in Latvian.
Price: 42,20 EUR
Portrets Latvijā: 19. gadsimts = Das Porträt in Lettland: 19. Jahrhundert (Portrait in Latvia. The 19th Century)
Ed. Inta Pujāte, Dainis Bruģis. Rīga: Neputns, 2014. 702 p.
This publication originates from the exhibition ‘The 19th Century Portrait in Latvia’, which was organised at the Rundāle Palace Museum in 2008-2009. It contains the exhibition catalogue, as well as scientific articles devoted to portraiture written by Eduards Kļaviņš, Imants Lancmanis, Sarmīte Fogele, Edvarda Šmite, Anita Meinarte, Dainis Bruģis and Inta Pujāte. The catalogue features 565 portraits.
Published in Latvian and German.
Price: 45,00 EUR
Didzis Lībietis, Lauma Lancmane. Kurzemes hercogu kapenes (The Vaults of the Dukes of Courland)
Rundāle: Rundāle Palace Museum, 2010. 47 p., 72 images.
The publication provides a short overview of the history of Jelgava, the vaults of the Dukes of Courland and Semigallia, biographies of the Kettler and Biron Families and their relatives, and descriptions of sarcophagi.
Published in Latvian and German.
Price: 4,00 EUR
Didzis Lībietis, Lauma Lancmane. The Family Vault of the Dukes of Courland
Rundāle: Rundāle Palace Museum, 2002. 32 p.
The publication provides a short overview of the history of Jelgava, the vaults of the Dukes of Courland and Semigallia, biographies of the Kettler and Biron Families and their relatives, and descriptions of sarcophagi.
Published in English.
Price: 4,00 EUR
Rundāle: Pils muzejs: Kolekcijas = Palace museum: Collections = Schlossmuseum: Sammlungen = Дворец-музей: Коллекции
Author collective: Rīga: Jumava, 2001, 303 p.
445 photographs in this album depict the most significant objects in the Museum’s collection. Paintings; engravings; stone and wooden sculptures; furniture; textiles; articles made from non-ferrous, ferrous and precious metals; articles made from bone; ceramics; faience; porcelain and glass are viewed in chronological order and grouped by regions. Annotation in Latvian is accompanied by a concise description and historical references. Introduction portrays the origins of collection and includes 14 colour photographs of the interiors and exhibitions at Rundāle Palace.
Published in Latvian, English, German and Russian.
Price: 19,70 EUR
Ernst Johann von Biron, 1690-1990. Exhibition at the Rundāle Palace Museum. Catalogue
Author collective. Rundāle: Rundāle Palace Museum, 1992 (German edition – 1993). 135 p., 187 images.
A monograph-type exhibition catalogue dedicated to the Duke of Courland and Semigallia Ernst Johann von Biron’s 300th birthday. This publication presents a large study on the Duchy of Courland in the 18th century, as well as the Duke Ernst Johann and offers a new interpretation of his biography in the context of historical sources. Research topics cover the Duke’s iconography, heraldry, sigillography, medals, coins, the Duke’s palaces and the collection of art works in Courland.
Published in Latvian, German and Russian.
Price: 13,00 EUR
Sudrabs Latvijas lietišķajā mākslā 5. – 20. gs. (Silver in Latvian Decorative Art in the 5-20th Century)
Ed. Valda Vilīte. Rīga: Avots, 1991. 430 p., 735 images
A monograph-type catalogue in two parts: Part I includes a study on silver articles found in the territory of Latvia. These publications provide extensive information about the art of native silversmiths, local idiosyncrasies, silversmiths’ guilds in Riga, Kuldīga and Liepāja, as well as examples of outstanding but no longer preserved wares made by silversmiths.
Published in Latvian and Russian. The Latvian edition has a summary in German.
Price: Latvian edition – 2,80 EUR; Russian edition – out of print
Latvijas sudrabkaļi: Darbi un meistaru zīmes (Latvian Silversmiths: Work and Maker’s Marks)
Ed. Valda Vilīte. Rīga, 1993, 230 p., 229 images
A monograph-type catalogue in two parts: Part II features the biographies of Latvian silversmiths. These publications present extensive information about the art of native silversmiths, local idiosyncrasies, silversmiths’ guilds in Riga, Kuldīga and Liepāja, as well as examples of outstanding but no longer preserved wares made by silversmiths.
Published in Latvian and Russian. The Latvian edition has a summary in German.
Price: Latvian edition – 2,80 EUR; Russian edition – out of print
Alva Latvijas mākslas amatniecībā VI–XX gadsimtā: Izstāde Rundāles pilī: Katalogs (Tin in Latvian Decorative Craft in the 6th-20th Century: Exhibition at Rundāle Palace: Catalogue)
Ed. Daira Līdaka, Dzintra Miķelsone. Rīga: Avots, 1989. 199 p., 144 images
A monograph-type exhibition catalogue featuring a study of the profession of tin casting, its development in the territory of Latvia since the 6th century, information on the history of the guild, description of the tin casting method, craftsmen, their wares and maker’s marks.
Published in Latvian and Russian. The Latvian edition has a summary in German.
Price: 2,80 EUR
Ева Ланцмане. Портрет XVII века в Латвии: Каталог выставки в Рундальском дворце
(Ieva Lancmane. The 17th Century Portrait in Latvia: Exhibition at the Rundāle Palace Museum. Catalogue)
A monograph-type exhibition catalogue comprising a study on the 17th century portraits (painting, miniatures, graphics, sculpture, medals, coins) in various museum collections in Latvia.
Published in Russian with a summary in German.
Out of sale
17.06.2024