The Museum of Fine Arts Budapest

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BUDAPEST The hundred-year-old Budapest Museum of Fine Arts is regarded as one of Central Europe's most significant museums: its multi-faceted material, historical continuity and profusion of masterpieces assure it a deserved place in « the front rank of collections. The Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1906, but its material and organisation testiíy to the acquisitions and cultural aspirations of almost two centuries. For a long time it alsó featured Hungárián works of art; when the Hungárián National Gallery was established in 1957 the two collections were gradually separated, and since 1974 the Museum of Fine Arts has provided a home for relics of all forms of art from ancient times to the present day. The various departments - the Egyptian Collection, the department of Classical Antiquities, the Old Masters' Gallery, The Old Sculpture Collection, the department of Prints and Drawings, and The 19th and 20,h Century Collection - display to visitors an array of world-famous works of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

BUDAPEST The hundred-year-old Budapest Museum of Fine Arts is regarded as one of Central Europe's most significant museums: its multi-faceted material, historical continuity and profusion of masterpieces assure it a deserved place in « the front rank of collections. The Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1906, but its material and organisation testiíy to the acquisitions and cultural aspirations of almost two centuries. For a long time it alsó featured Hungárián works of art; when the Hungárián National Gallery was established in 1957 the two collections were gradually separated, and since 1974 the Museum of Fine Arts has provided a home for relics of all forms of art from ancient times to the present day. The various departments - the Egyptian Collection, the department of Classical Antiquities, the Old Masters' Gallery, The Old Sculpture Collection, the department of Prints and Drawings, and The 19th and 20,h Century Collection - display to visitors an array of world-famous works of art such as a black-figure amphora by Exekias, Raphael's Esterházy Madonna, pictures by El Greco, Velázquez and Goya, Dürer's Portrait of a Youth, Leonardo's Equestrian Statue, Manet's Lady with a Fan, and Chagall's Village in Blue. Our guide offers a glimpse into this rich material, with the help of 300 colour reproductions and expert commentaries by members of the museum's staff. Vissza