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The Tallinn fragment of the Danse Macabre from the workshop of the Lübeck master Bernt Notke, one of the most important surviving medieval works in Northern Europe and the signature treasure of the Niguliste Museum.

“Artist: Workshop of Bernt Notke (c 1440 - 1509) Title: Danse Macabre Date: Late 15th century Technique: Material: tempera, oil canvas” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Miniature gold llama figurine (Inka) Americas & Oceania · 1430–1532 CE

A 16th-century parcel-gilt silver popinjay (parrot) set with gemstones, a shooting-guild prize from the Niguliste Museum's Silver Chamber of Tallinn guild and corporation plate.

“Title: Popinjay Date: 16th century Technique: Material: silver, parcel-gilt, gemstones” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Tep Pranam South Asia · 16th century

The right and left wings of a Passion altarpiece, tentatively attributed by the museum to Michel Sittow, the Tallinn-born master who trained in the Netherlands and painted for the courts of Europe; held by the Niguliste Museum.

“Artist: Michel (aka Michiel, Michael, Miguel) Sittow? (1469? - 1525) Title: Passion Altarpiece (Altarpiece of Antonius) Right and Left Wing Date: 1517 - 1518 Technique: Material: tempera, oil wood” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Padrão of Sunda Kalapa South Asia · 16th century (treaty dated 21 August 1522)

A Netherlandish panel of Christ driving the money-changers from the Temple, painted in the manner of Bosch and Bruegel; a highlight of the Kadriorg Art Museum's permanent display of foreign old masters.

“Artist: Unknown Netherlandish Artist in the Manner of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder Title: The Expulsion of Money-lenders from the Temple Date: Ca. 1570 Technique: Material: oil wood” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Tile Panel, Alfiz Islamic world · 1570–1580

A Caravaggesque Supper at Emmaus attributed to the circle or studio of the Dutch painter Lambert Jacobsz; one of the paintings the collector Johannes Mikkel bequeathed to found the Mikkel Museum, shown in its 2010 exhibition Unveiling Masterpieces.

“Artist: Lambert Jacobsz' Studio? , Unknown Dutch Caravaggist Title: Supper at Emmaus Date: Ca 1630 Technique: Material: oil canvas” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Water Fowl in the Lotus Pond East Asia · Japan, Edo period, early 17th century

A Dutch Golden Age genre portrait of a girl holding a rooster by Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp; part of the Kadriorg Art Museum's permanent exhibition of European painting.

“Artist: Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594 - 1651) Title: A Girl with a Rooster Date: Ca. 1650 Technique: Material: oil wood” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Writing Box, Pontoon bridge design in "maki-e" lacquer East Asia · Edo period, 17th century

A late-18th-century Meissen porcelain group of Venus in her chariot from the Mikkel Museum's applied-art collection. (The museum's English catalogue names the maker only in Estonian, "Meisseni portselanivabrik"; rendered here as Meissen Porcelain Factory.)

“Title: Venus in Her Chariot Date: 1774 - 1799 Technique: Material: glaze porcelain” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — HMS Bounty Relics Americas & Oceania · HMS Bounty, mutiny of 1789

An early portrait study of the celebrated opera singer Gertrud Elisabeth Mara by the Estonian-born Baltic-German academic painter Carl Timoleon von Neff, who became a court painter in St Petersburg.

“Artist: Karl Timoleon von Neff (1804 - 1877) Title: Singer Gertrud Elisabeth Mara Date: 1828 Technique: Material: oil paper mounted on canvas” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Ottoman Gold Dinar Struck at Algiers Islamic world · Ottoman period (dated 1243 AH / 1827 CE)

A large genre painting by Johann Köler, the founder of professional Estonian painting; the near life-size canvas is a landmark of 19th-century Estonian art in Kumu's permanent display.

“Artist: Johann Köler (1826 - 1899) Title: The Faithful Guardian Date: 1878 Technique: Material: oil canvas” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak) Americas & Oceania · Māori, 1850–1900

A marble figure by August Weizenberg, regarded as the first professional Estonian sculptor; the work stands in Kumu's 19th-century display.

“Artist: August Weizenberg (1837 - 1921) Title: Dusk Date: 1882 Technique: Material: cutting marble” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau) Americas & Oceania · 1883–84

A symbolist landscape with a solitary female figure, among Mägi's most contemplative works; the museum showed it in the Musée d'Orsay's 2018 Baltic symbolism exhibition Âmes sauvages.

“Artist: Konrad Mägi (1878 - 1925) Title: Meditation Date: 1915 - 1916 Technique: Material: oil canvas” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — A estudante (The Student) Americas & Oceania · 1915–16

A view of Lake Pühajärv in southern Estonia, one of Mägi's signature colour-charged landscapes; the museum's most-travelled Mägi, shown in his 2017–19 retrospectives in Rome and Turin and at Kumu.

“Artist: Konrad Mägi (1878 - 1925) Title: Lake Pühajärv Date: 1918 - 1921 Technique: Material: oil canvas” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Partido de fútbol (Football Match) Americas & Oceania · c. 1919

An Expressionist view of Aida Street in Tallinn's old town; the museum included it in its 2017 Kumu survey of German Expressionism, Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter.

“Artist: Peet Aren (1889 - 1970) Title: Street in Tallinn (Aida Street) Date: 1921 Technique: Material: oil canvas” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Pupo Americas & Oceania · ca. 1920

A luminous view of ships in a Venetian harbour, painted after Konrad Mägi's 1922–23 journey to Italy; Mägi is the central figure of Estonian classic modernism and the work hangs in Kumu Art Museum's permanent display.

“Artist: Konrad Mägi (1878 - 1925) Title: Venice (Ships in Venice) Date: 1922 - 1923 Technique: Material: oil canvas” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — The Coronation Crown of Queen Marie Islamic world · 1922

Eduard Wiiralt's 'Hell' (Estonian: Põrgu), 1930 — the best-known print by Estonia's foremost graphic artist, an intricately worked etching of a teeming, grotesque underworld and a landmark of Estonian classic modernism; in the Art Museum of Estonia's prints and drawings collection.

“Artist: Eduard Wiiralt (1898 - 1954) Title: Hell Date: 1930 Technique: Material: etching, copper engraving paper” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Cinco moças de Guaratinguetá (Five Girls from Guaratinguetá) Americas & Oceania · 1930

Eduard Wiiralt's 'The Preacher' (Estonian: Jutlustaja), 1932, a lithograph by the foremost Estonian graphic artist; in the Art Museum of Estonia's prints and drawings collection.

“Artist: Eduard Wiiralt (1898 - 1954) Title: The Preacher Date: 1932 Technique: Material: lithography paper” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Cinco moças de Guaratinguetá (Five Girls from Guaratinguetá) Americas & Oceania · 1930

A charcoal drawing from Kristjan Raud's celebrated cycle of illustrations to Kalevipoeg, the Estonian national epic; Raud's monumental national-romantic images defined the visual imagination of the epic.

“Artist: Kristjan Raud (1865 - 1943) Title: Kalevipoeg's Journey to the North (Voyage to the End of the World) Date: 1935 Technique: Material: charcoal paper” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — Still Life Africa · 1934–1935

A 1966 reworking of the ancient Laocoön theme by Elmar Kits, a leading figure of the Tartu school; the painting features in Kumu's account of art under the Soviet era.

“Artist: Elmar Kits (1913 - 1972) Title: Laocoön Date: 1966 Technique: Material: oil canvas” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page

Meanwhile — The Revelation of St John Africa · 1965

A large Bruges altarpiece of the Virgin Mary made before 1493 for the Brotherhood of the Black Heads in Tallinn, a major medieval treasure of the Niguliste Museum. (The museum's English catalogue names the maker only in Estonian, "Brugge Püha Lucia legendi meister"; rendered here as the Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy.)

“Title: Altarpiece of the Virgin Mary of The Brotherhood of the Black Heads in Tallinn Date: Before 1493 Technique: Material: oil, tempera oak panel” In the museum’s words — digikogu.ekm.ee ↗ · quotation verified against the live page