Lviv National Art Gallery (previously - Lviv Art Gallery), a leading art museum in Ukraine, has over 60,000 artworks in its collection, including works of Polish, Italian, French, German, Dutch and Flemish, Spanish, Austrian and other European artists. The gallery was founded in 1907 as a municipal museum, following the purchase of the Yakovych collection by the city magistrate. Later on, the gallery expanded as the parts of the Lozynsky (1914) and Ozhehovych (1929) collections were incorporated.

In 1940, in accordance with a Soviet government order regarding the nationalization of private property, works from the museum named after the dukes of Lyubomyrsky, the national museum of Ukraine, the Bavorovsky collection, and some other private collections came into the possession of the gallery.

In early 2005 the collection of European art from the 14th to the 18th centuries was transferred to the new premises - the renovated palace-residence of Count Pototsky

Potocki Palace, Lviv

The Potocki Palace in Lviv was built in the 1880s as an urban seat of Alfred Józef Potocki, Minister-President of Austria. No cost was spared to make it the grandest nobleman's residence in the city....

, the former governor of Halychyna and Lodomeriya. A masterpiece of Georges de la Tour

Georges de La Tour

Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648...

, the 17th-century French artist is presented here on permanent display.

Dutch Art Collection

There are over 150 paintings representing Netherlandish, Flemish and Dutch art in the gallery’s collections. The jewels of the collection are two still lifes by Jan van Kessel. Next to it, the visitor can admire a Still life with flowers by Abraham Brueghel

Abraham Brueghel

Abraham Brueghel was a Flemish painter from the famous family of artists. He was the son of Jan Brueghel the Younger, the grandson of Jan Brueghel the Elder and the great-grandson of Pieter Brueghel the Elder.-Early life:...

, one of the grandsons of Jan Brueghel I. Also on display are paintings by representatives of Brueghel School, for example, a painting by Joseph van Bredael, who worked in the style of his famed predecessor at the beginning of 18th century. Neefs Peter I, who often worked together with Franken Frans II, a master of small figure compositions, represents the church interior genre. Further on view is a pair of portraits by Gerrit van Honthorst – Man with viola da gamba and Woman with a guitar (1631).

The collection of the Lviv Art Gallery includes such works as a Saint Jerome

Saint Jerome

Saint Jerome is a Christian church father, best known for translating the Bible into Latin.Saint Jerome may also refer to:*Jerome of Pavia , Bishop of Pavia...

 by Lucas Gassel (1539), Portrait of a woman by Pieter Pietersz (1557), a group of paintings Venice, Bellona and Mary Magdalene by Jakob de Backer, and two landscapes by Abraham Cowarts. There are also paintings by representatives of the Dutch Golden Age

Dutch Golden Age

The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...

, such as The Storm by Pieter van der Croos and the still life A glass of wine and fruits by Jan Jansz van de Velde

Jan Jansz van de Velde

Jan Jansz van de Velde , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was taught to paint by his father Jan van de Velde, but his still lifes show the influence of the Haarlem still life painter Willem Claesz Heda...

(1639). The Lviv Art Gallery also possesses two battle scenes by the Flemish artist Casteels Pauwels, whose works are rare in museums collections.