In the period from 2017 to 2020, the Trogir City Museum acquired a valuable donation of furniture, paintings, and utility items that belonged to the family of Antun Mavretie, inherited by the family of Mirko Svilan. In 2017, the Museum received the portraits of Antun Mavretieand his sister and a decoration awarded by Pope Pius IX. Antun Mavretiebelonged to a prominent and wealthy bourgeois family mentioned in Trogir since the 18th century, when Karlo Mavreti & eacute;, known as Paklina, married Ru & zcaron;a Cazzalo in 1723. They were a wealthy bourgeois family that acquired property in the late 18th and throughout the 19th century. The second Karlo Mavretiebuilt a house in the Pasike area in 1784, as evidenced by the inscription on the fa & ccedil;ade. In 1868, Pope Pius IX awarded Antun Mavretiethe Order of St. Sylvester for his merits. The portrait depicts a mature man dressed in a dark jacket, beneath which a vest is visible, as well as a white shirt with a dark ribbon tied around the neck in a knot, and brown trousers. The painting, in a gilded frame, dates to the beginning of the second half of the 19th century. It is an oil on canvas, the work of the Venetian painter Maria Tagliapietra. The portrait of his sister Elena portrays a lady dressed in a dark dress or coat with a high collar adorned with a buckle and a scarf on the side. The painting, in a black frame, dates back to the year 1890. It is an oil on canvas, the work of Fr. Haller. In 2020, another donation was received, thanks to the goodwill of Mirko's heirs, his sons Vjekoslav and Sibilo. The second part of the donation includes furniture from the bedroom and salon with some utility items, mainly dating from the 19th century. The furniture for the salon includes a Biedermeier armchairsofa with six accompanying seats, several tables of various uses, mirrors - one with a gilded and the other with a wooden frame, and a cupboard composed of two subsequently joined parts from different periods (18th/19th century). Biedermeier is a style that was widely used in home decoration. The houses and apartments of that time were full of decorative items, so the donation included an oil lamp with accessories, vases, a bottle with flowers, glass bells containing flowerfilled vases, curtain rods, and writing desk accessories. The items are in quite good condition, incorporated into the Collection of Modern Cultural History, and are mostly displayed in the permanent exhibition of the Trogir City Museum. This donation holds significant value, not only for building up and enriching the mentioned museum collection and permanent exhibition but also for shedding light on the everyday life of the 19th-century Trogir bourgeoisie. The included museum items are particularly precious for understanding this historical period in Trogir.
