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Stane Cuderman, Carnival Dance, 1930

Objavljeno: 01.03.2021
Painter and graphic artist, born in Kamnik (1895–1946), Prague student and companion of Miha Maleš. The work Dance in the Casino or Carnival Dance is a bourgeois party, most likely a dance in the Casino or hotel Union in Ljubljana. On the far left edge of the picture we recognize famous ...

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Maks Koželj, Mountains with sheep and a sign, around 1935

Objavljeno: 01.03.2021
Maks Koželj (1883–1956) came from a family of painters from Kamnik. In addition to him, his father Matija Koželj and his older brother Anton also painted. There are few authors whose extensive oeuvre speaks with such love for the mountains and with the knowledge and realistic depiction of all ...

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Commercial scale Gama, 1950-1960

Objavljeno: 01.03.2021
In 1933, the Kamnik factory Titan began to manufacture fittings, poppy grinders, meat slicers, crushers, brass weights, furniture locks and also the first kitchen and commercial scales. The scales were also made during World War II, when they were owned by a company from Villach, Austria. The ...

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Bronze statue, 1st century, Sidol

Objavljeno: 27.10.2020
The Mejač family found the statue in 1899 in a well in Sidol. It lay about a meter deep. It was part of Sadnikar's collection and in 1964 it was bought by the Kamnik Museum. The statue dates from the 1st century A. D. It could be an inventory of a house altar, perhaps a votive. Such objects ...

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Stone urn with a lid, 2nd century A. D., Mengeš

Objavljeno: 27.10.2020
In 1979 Janez Šuštaršič found a stone urn, which was covered by a plate. The grave was found on the south eastern corner of the house on Ulica Mengeške skupine (now Slomškova ulica 13) on the parcel 568/2 in Mengeš. In the grave were two balsamariums, a ribbed glass bowl and an iron knife. ...

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Bell, bronze, first half of 1st century A. D., Sušave-Pasje peči

Objavljeno: 26.10.2020
The bell was given to the museum by the finder in 2016 for the exhibition Na planincah luštno biti … and later for permanent preservation. Mr. Danijel Holcar’s words about the finding were: “When I was 8 years old, in 1966, I went hiking with my father Ladislav. He spotted something gold ...

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Jugs, pottery, 1st century A.D., Suhadole

Objavljeno: 21.10.2020
In 2000 Miran Bremšak informed us that they found a Roman well while building their house. Amongst other objects, the well also contained jugs and several fragments that belonged to jugs and other types of pots. The jugs have two handles and were most likely made on the same pottery spindle. ...

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Buckles, 1st century A.D., Suhadole

Objavljeno: 20.10.2020
The buckles were found in 2000 in a Roman well in Suhadole. Their intended use was binding clothes together and were primarily worn by women. The women’s attire in the Roman times consisted of two parts – a tunic was worn below and a garment, bound together by a fibula, was worn on top. ...

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Josip Germ, Self-Portrait, 1893

Objavljeno: 20.10.2020
The painter Josip Germ (1869-1950) is one of the prominent representatives of academic realism at the turn of the 19th century, which is distinguished by precise drawing and rich colours. Certainly, the most witnessing and confessional work of Germ's Viennese period is his youthfully exalted ...

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Unknown painter, Portrait of General Mihael Pregl, 1623

Objavljeno: 07.08.2020
o.pl., 200 x 123 cm, painter of the first half of the 17th century / painted by A. Koželj. The portrait of "General Wachtmeister" Mihael Pregl is painted completely frontally, in a standing position. He holds a rifle in his right hand, he has a helmet on his right leg, and a dog on his left ...

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