szépmûvészeti múzeum (museum of fine arts), budapest: picture gallery, the masterpieces
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BRUEGEL, Pieter the ElderThe Sermon of St John the Baptist (detail)1566Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
BRUEGEL, Pieter the ElderThe Sermon of St John the Baptist (detail)1566Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
BRUEGEL, Pieter the ElderThe Sermon of St John the Baptist (detail)1566Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
BRUEGEL, Pieter the ElderThe Sermon of St John the Baptist1566Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Szépmûvészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts), Budapest
Picture Gallery, The Masterpieces
ALTDORFER, AlbrechtChrist on the Crossc. 1520Wood, 75 x 57,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
ALTDORFER, AlbrechtChrist on the Cross (detail)c. 1520WoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
ALTDORFER, AlbrechtChrist on the Cross (detail)c. 1520WoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
CHRISTUS, PetrusMadonnac. 1445Wood, 55,5 x 31,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
CHRISTUS, PetrusMadonna (detail)c. 1445WoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
CORREGGIOVirgin and Child with an Angel (Madonna del Latte)1522-25Oil on wood, 69 x 57 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
CORREGGIOVirgin and Child with an Angel (detail)-Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
COSTA, Lorenzo the ElderVenus1515-18Oil on poplar, 174 x 76 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
COSTA, Lorenzo the ElderVenus (detail)1515-18Oil on poplarSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPlague Picture1516-18Oil and tempera on limewood, 75 x 56 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPlague Picture (detail)1516-18Oil and tempera on limewoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
DAVID, GerardThe Nativityc. 1490Panel, 76,5 x 56 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
DAVID, GerardThe Nativity (detail)c. 1490Panel, 76,5 x 56 cm (full painting)Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
FRUEAUF, Rueland the ElderThe Annunciationc. 1495Tempera on pine panel, 70 x 37,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
FRUEAUF, Rueland the ElderThe Annunciationc. 1495Tempera on pine panel, 70 x 37,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
MEMLING, HansCrucifixion-Oil on oak, 56 x 63 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
MEMLING, HansCrucifixion (detail)-Oil on oak, 56 x 63 cm (full panel)Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
PACHER, FriedrichChrist in Limbo1460sTempera on pine panel, 85 x 71,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
PACHER, FriedrichChrist in Limbo (detail)1460sTempera on pine panelSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
SASSETTASt Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost1423Tempera on wood, 23,6 x 39 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
SASSETTASt Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost (detail)1423Tempera on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco dePortrait of the Wife of Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdezc. 1785Oil on canvas, 121 x 84,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco dePortrait of the Wife of Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez (detail)c. 1785Oil on canvasSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco deWater Carrier1808-12Oil on canvas, 68 x 52 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco deWater Carrier (detail)1808-12Oil on canvasSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
GRECO, ElThe Agony in the Gardenc. 1608Oil on canvas, 170 x 112,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
GRECO, ElThe Agony in the Garden (detail)c. 1608Oil on canvasSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
LUINI, BernardinoMadonna and Child with Sts Catherine and Barbara1522-25Oil on panel, 94 x 72 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
LUINI, BernardinoMadonna and Child with Sts Catherine and Barbara (detail)1522-25Oil on panelSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
MURILLO, Bartolomé EstebanThe Infant Jesus Distributing Bread to Pilgrims1678Oil on canvas, 219 x 182 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
MURILLO, Bartolomé EstebanThe Infant Jesus Distributing Bread to Pilgrims (detail)1678Oil on canvasSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva yPeasants at the Table (El Almuerzo)c. 1620Oil on canvas, 96 x 112 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva yPeasants at the Table (El Almuerzo)(detail)c. 1620Oil on canvas, 96 x 112 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
RAFFAELLO SanzioMadonna and Child with the Infant St Johnc. 1508Tempera and oil on wood, 29 x 22 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
RAFFAELLO SanzioMadonna and Child with the Infant St John (detail)1508Tempera and oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
BRONZINO, AgnoloAdoration of the Shepherds1539-40Oil on wood, 65 x 47 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
BRONZINO, AgnoloAdoration of the Shepherds (detail)1539-40Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
BRONZINO, AgnoloAdoration of the Shepherds (detail)1539-40Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
BRONZINO, AgnoloAdoration of the Shepherds (detail)1539-40Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
RAFFAELLO SanzioPortrait of Pietro Bemboc. 1504Oil on wood, 54 x 69 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
RAFFAELLO SanzioPortrait of Pietro Bembo (detail)c. 1504Oil on wood, 54 x 69 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
BELLINI, GentilePortrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprusc. 1500Panel, 63 x 49 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
BELLINI, GentilePortrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (detail)c. 1500Panel, 63 x 49 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSalomec. 1530Oil on poplar panel, 87 x 58 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSalome (detail)c. 1530Oil on poplar panelSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSalome (detail)c. 1530Oil on poplar panelSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
ORLEY, Bernaert vanPortrait of Charles V1519-20Oil on wood, 71 x 52 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
ORLEY, Bernaert vanPortrait of Charles V (detail)1519-20Oil on wood, 71 x 52 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
ORLEY, Bernaert vanPortrait of Charles V (detail)1519-20Oil on wood, 71 x 52 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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The Szépmûvészeti Múzeum is the largest fine arts museum of Hungary. The core of the Old Masters' Gallery collection is composed of the Esterházy Gallery, which, though its history goes back to the 17th century, gained its final form at the end of the 18th and in the first decades of the 19th century. The 637 painting transported from Vienna to Pest in 1865 were purchased by the Hungarian State
in 1871 and thus the National Picture Gallery, housed in the edifice of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was founded.
Into this collection was the gallery of the Hungarian National Museum incorporated which, besides the Jankovich-collection included those 192
paintings which János László Pyrker collected in Italy as a Venetian patriarch and donated to the nation in 1836 and also those 78 paintings which got to the
Castle of Pozsony from the Imperial Collection of Vienna in 1770 to go on to Buda and later on to the National Museum.
The National Picture Gallery was enlarged as early as 1872 with 64 paintings, the gift of Arnold Ipolyi, scholarbishop. Károly Pulszky, a man of
a wide intellectual horizon, the director of the legal predecessor of the Museum of Fine Arts completed the collection now gaining European rank with gap-filling purchases between 1884-96. Six years after the opening of
the present building of the museum in 1906 the collection was considerably enriched by the bequest of 121 paintings of Count János Pállfy.
Between the two World Wars besides the symmetrical purchases there were generous donations as well. Some of the paintings carried to Germany during World War II and transported back in 1945-46 were
damaged, and some, luckily not from among the masterpieces, were lost.