Tragom kolekcije kneza Livija Odescalchija – od Rima do Iloka i Zagreba
Tracing the Collection of Duke Livio Odescalchi – from Rome to Ilok and Zagreb

Summary/Abstract: Duke Livio Odescalchi was the nephew of Pope Innocent XI and was known as a patron, collector and art lover who owned one of the most valuable art collections in Rome in the late 16th and the early 17th century. One of the models for his collection was the celebrated collection of Christina, Queen of Sweden; after her death certain parts of the collection came into the possession of Livio. The place where his collection was kept, today in the possession of his heirs, was the palace in the Apostles’ Square in Rome. Over the centuries parts of the collection ended up in eminent world museums and some works were brought to Ilok Castle, the seat of the Syrmian estate of the Odescalchi family. After World War II a great number of art objects disappeared from the castle, only a small part of the art treasures is still in existence. Noticeable are ceiling tondo Creation of Angels of Lazzaro Baldi and the bust of Livio, the work of the sculptor Pierre-Étienne Monnot. Thanks to the efforts of Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer, two big canvases of the painter Carlo Maratta from Livio’s collection ended up in Zagreb. The works of Livio Odescalchi’s prestigious collection enhanced the Croatian cultural heritage due to the direct transfer of some of the major achievements of the Roman Baroque art.

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