Displayed in the middle of the room is a panel painting from around 1450, painted on both sides. Its place was on the altar wing, which was closed on weekdays and opened on feast days. The feast-day side of the altar depicts the Crowning with Thorns, while the workday side shows Christ Carrying the Cross.A … Read more

The group of stone statues from around 1715, on display in the second-floor arcade corridor of Ptuj Castle, once stood around Neptune’s fountain in the garden of the Baroque Dornava mansion. A group of statues of ancient sages stood opposite the dwarfs around the fountain. Both were popular sets of stone allegories in Baroque gardens.The … Read more

The group of portraits of European noblewomen, including the alleged portrait of Christine Crescentia Herberstein Leslie, was painted around 1682. The ladies, dressed in elaborate clothing and adorned with precious jewellery, are reminiscent of the paintings of ladies from the Ottoman Empire, which are exhibited as part of the collection of turqueries in the festival … Read more

The paintings on display are part of an extensive gallery that was commissioned in the 17th century for the nearby Vurberk Castle. The collection also includes the turqueries exhibited in the festival hall, as well as the series of European noblewomen, “strong women”, couples from ancient history, and portraits of horses, which adorn many of … Read more