UNIT 7. The World of Painting » Стр.194 (2)

Museum of Art was founded in 1919 on the basis of the private collection of Kyiv archaeologist Bogdan Khanenko. The Green Cabinet features the collection of Medieval Art, the Golden Cabinet contains objects of Rococo epoch and in the Red Cabinet you can find exhibits of Renaissances period. There are 17 000 paintings in the museum funds. Among the exhibits are the paintings of Bellini, Hals, Reynolds. Rubens, the masterpiece ‘Infant Margaret’ by Velazquez and unique Byzantine / Sinai icons of the 6th-7th centuries written by wax paint. Interesting exhibits are presented at the Department of Oriental Art: piece of Coptic fabric with the picture of horseman (5th - 6th centuries), ritual Chinese bell (1st century BC), excellent Chinese paintings on the scrolls (15th - 20th centuries) and Japanese paintings.