Art lost in Poland during World War II

Destruction and looting of art

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  Shelled Ballroom at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, September 1939
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  Destruction of Grunwald Monument in Cracow, November 1939
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  Artwork from the National Museum in Cracow packed for transport, 1940s
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  Loading trucks with Polish artwork at Zachęta building, July 1944

Missing works of art

Books and drawings

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  Płock Pontifical, 13th century
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  Self-portrait with a pillow, Albrecht Dürer
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  The Poets Hafiz and Saadi, Muhammad Qasim
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  Emperor Shah Jahan, Mughal school

Ceramics

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  Red-figure rhyton, Brigosa
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  Pitcher, Germany
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  Chinese plate, Kang-He Period
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  Tureen with a lid, Meissen

Engravings

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  Adoration of the Magi, Augsburg
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  Birth of the Virgin Mary, Albrecht Dürer
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  Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Anthony van Dyck
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  Christ Healing the Sick, Rembrandt

Furniture

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  Encrusted cabinet of John III Sobieski, Italy
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  Cabinet, Qing Dynasty
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  Armchair (4 items), Louis Cresson
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  Cabinet, Boullé type

Glassware and ivory

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  Cologne chalice, Roman Empire
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  Reliquary box, Germany
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  Death of Lucretia, Flanders
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  Tankard with a lid, Unknown

Goldsmithery

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  Solidus of Flavius Iovianus, Roman Empire
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  Statue of St. Stanislaus, Stanisław Stwosz
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  Anna Jagiellonka's pendant on a chain, Unknown
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  Opatów Synagogue silverware, Unknown

Metalwork and militaria

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  Madonna and Child, Limoges
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  Tile clock, Unknown
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  Sword with curved hilt, Persia
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  Japanese armour, Unknown

Painting

Netherlandish painting

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  Madonna and Child, Adriaen Isenbrandt
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  Ecce Homo. Mater Dolorosa, Dieric Bouts
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  Portrait of a Young Man, Master of the Portraits of Princes
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  Madonna and Child, Master with the Parrot

Dutch painting

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  Portrait of a Lady, Jan Mostaert
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  At the Market, Pieter Pietersz. the Elder
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  Sacrifice at Lystra, Pieter Lastman
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  Winter Landscape with Skaters, Jan van Goyen
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  Portrait of a young woman, Ferdinand Bol
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  Breakfast, Jan Davidsz. de Heem
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  In Front of the Tent, Philips Wouwerman
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  Breakfast, Willem van Aelst

Flemish painting

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  The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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  Portrait of Isabella of Austria, Jan Gossaert
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  Crucifixion, Jan Brueghel the Elder
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  Annunciation, Jacob Jordaens
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  Portrait of a General in a Cuirass, Anthony van Dyck
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  Dogs, Joannes Fyt
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  Monkey Among Fruit, Jan van Kessel the Elder

French painting

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  Portrait of Louise of Lorraine-Vaudémont, François Clouet
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  Sacrifice to Amor, Laurent de La Hyre
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  Return of Odysseus, Nicolas Poussin
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  Assumption of the Virgin, Charles Le Brun
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  Girl with a Dove, Antoine Pesne
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  Peasant dwelling, Hubert Robert
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  Head of a Maenad, Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
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  Lady and gentleman in a theatre box, Henri Gervex

German painting

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  Execution of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Hans Suess von Kulmbach
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  Głogów Madonna, Lucas Cranach the Elder
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  Portrait of Johann von Schwarzwaldt, Hans Holbein the Younger
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  Portrait of a Medic, Christoph Paudiss
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  Portrait of a man, Godfried Schalcken
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  Winter scene, Anton von Werner

Italian painting

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  Adoration of the Child, Lorenzo di Credi
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  Mother of God with the Child and Two Angels, Neroccio de' Landi
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  Portrait of a Young Man, Raffaello Sanzio
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  Time Exposes Beauty, Paris Bordone
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  Venus and Amor, Francesco Albani
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  St. Francis, Guido Reni
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  Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Pompeo Batoni
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  The discovery of Belisarius, Giovanni Paolo Pannini

Polish painting

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  Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Unknown
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  A Hunting Bird, Daniel Schultz the Younger
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  St. Paul and St. John healing a cripple, Szymon Czechowicz
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  Portrait of a Woman, Aleksander Kucharski
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  Selling Amulets, Henryk Siemiradzki
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  Shylock and Jessica, Maurycy Gottlieb
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  Girl with canary, Leopold Löffler
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  Devoid of Hope, Without Hope, Wojciech Gerson
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  Portrait of Dagny Juel, Konrad Krzyżanowski
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  Burned factory I, Karol Hiller

Other schools

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  Portrait of a Young Man with a Branch, Diego Velázquez
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  Andrzej Zamoyski with His Children, Angelica Kauffmann
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  Gifts of the Sea, Hans Makart

Sculptures

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  Grave stela, Middle Kingdom
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  Beautiful Madonna, Unknown
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  Christ's Farewell to Mary, Silesia
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  Hercules and Cacus, Florence
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  Bust of Madame du Barry as Diana, Jean-Antoine Houdon
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  Bust, Antonio Canova
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  Configuration, Jean Arp

Textiles

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  Coptic fabric, Egypt
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  Triumph of the Roman Emperor, Flanders
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  Tent of Kara Mustafa, Turkey
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  Lady's dress, France

Destroyed art

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  Evangeliarium, 11th century
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  Sleeping lioness, Albrecht Dürer
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  Virgin and Child, Palma il Giovane
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  Supraśl iconostasis, Andrzej Modzelewski
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  Baroque statue of Madonna and Child, Unknown
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  Rococo litter, Italy
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  Staircase of the Kronenberg Palace, Detoma
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  Julianów Palace in Łódź, Otto Gehlig