Elita naroda brez države. Umetnostne zbirke poljskega plemstva, 1795–1918

The article aims to investigate aristocratic collecting practices in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 19th century, focusing on three points. First, we highlight the specific situation of the Polish aristocracy compared to most European countries and note the weakness of collecting culture in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the early modern period, followed by its slow emergence at the end of the 18th century. Then, we investigate the most important phenomena of 19th-century aristocratic collecting and distinguish two major trends within it: collecting art and collecting national memorabilia. We also highlight the importance of aristocratic collections for a stateless nation. Finally, to illustrate the overview, using a specific example to underline the key issues, we discuss the collections of Princes Czartoryski. In this essay, we summarize our previous research on the collections of Polish aristocracy and provide, for the first time, a comprehensive and systematic panorama of this phenomenon.V prispevku so analizirane plemiške zbirateljske prakse na območju nekdanje poljsko-litovske zveze v 19. stoletju s treh vidikov. Z upoštevanjem specifičnih okoliščin poljskega plemstva so v odnosu do evropskih trendov obravnavane šibke točke poljske zbirateljske kulture od njenih poznih začetkov konec 18. stoletja. Nadalje sta na podlagi analiz najznačilnejših pojavov in trendov plemiškega zbirateljstva v 19. stoletju izpostavljena dva ključna tipa zbirk: umetnostne zbirke in zbirke nacionalnih memorabilij. Avtorja izpostavljata pomen plemiških zbirk pri uveljavljanju naroda brez lastne države. Vidike kontekstualizirata v študiji primera kneginje Czartoryski. Prispevek temelji na dolgoletnih raziskavah o zbirateljstvu poljskega plemstva in v njem je prvič podan poglobljen in sistematiziran pregled te tematike