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During the 13th century, a number of churches in Split were equipped with altars with panel paintings, and only six have been preserved to this day. Our Lady of Žnjan stands out in this group as the oldest and probably the most enigmatic Croatian icon.
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Wooden choir stalls from the Trogir Cathedral of St. Lawrence, richly carved with plant and figural motifs within 32 architecturally separate cells, originally gilded and painted with red, blue and yellow, are a magnificent piece created by Dalmatian carver Ivan Budislavić, commissioned in 1439 that cost 18 ducats per seat.
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In 2018, the experts from the Zadar Department for Conservation of the Croatian Conservation Institute began conservation of three processional crosses (crucifixes) from Rovinj and Motovun, dated from the 15th to the 17th century.
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During 2019 and 2020, Section for Paper and Leather of the Croatian Conservation Institute carried out research and conservation of the Barson collage by Victor Vasarely, the most prominent representative of optical art, from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.