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BRUEGEL, Pieter the ElderThe Sermon of St John the Baptist (detail)1566Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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BRUEGEL, Pieter the ElderThe Sermon of St John the Baptist (detail)1566Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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BRUEGEL, Pieter the ElderThe Sermon of St John the Baptist (detail)1566Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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BRUEGEL, Pieter the ElderThe Sermon of St John the Baptist1566Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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Szépmûvészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts), Budapest
Picture Gallery, The Masterpieces
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ALTDORFER, AlbrechtChrist on the Crossc. 1520Wood, 75 x 57,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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ALTDORFER, AlbrechtChrist on the Cross (detail)c. 1520WoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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ALTDORFER, AlbrechtChrist on the Cross (detail)c. 1520WoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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CHRISTUS, PetrusMadonnac. 1445Wood, 55,5 x 31,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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CHRISTUS, PetrusMadonna (detail)c. 1445WoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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CORREGGIOVirgin and Child with an Angel (Madonna del Latte)1522-25Oil on wood, 69 x 57 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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CORREGGIOVirgin and Child with an Angel (detail)-Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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COSTA, Lorenzo the ElderVenus1515-18Oil on poplar, 174 x 76 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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COSTA, Lorenzo the ElderVenus (detail)1515-18Oil on poplarSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPlague Picture1516-18Oil and tempera on limewood, 75 x 56 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPlague Picture (detail)1516-18Oil and tempera on limewoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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DAVID, GerardThe Nativityc. 1490Panel, 76,5 x 56 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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DAVID, GerardThe Nativity (detail)c. 1490Panel, 76,5 x 56 cm (full painting)Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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FRUEAUF, Rueland the ElderThe Annunciationc. 1495Tempera on pine panel, 70 x 37,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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FRUEAUF, Rueland the ElderThe Annunciationc. 1495Tempera on pine panel, 70 x 37,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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MEMLING, HansCrucifixion-Oil on oak, 56 x 63 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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MEMLING, HansCrucifixion (detail)-Oil on oak, 56 x 63 cm (full panel)Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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PACHER, FriedrichChrist in Limbo1460sTempera on pine panel, 85 x 71,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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PACHER, FriedrichChrist in Limbo (detail)1460sTempera on pine panelSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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SASSETTASt Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost1423Tempera on wood, 23,6 x 39 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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SASSETTASt Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost (detail)1423Tempera on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco dePortrait of the Wife of Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdezc. 1785Oil on canvas, 121 x 84,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco dePortrait of the Wife of Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez (detail)c. 1785Oil on canvasSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco deWater Carrier1808-12Oil on canvas, 68 x 52 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco deWater Carrier (detail)1808-12Oil on canvasSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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GRECO, ElThe Agony in the Gardenc. 1608Oil on canvas, 170 x 112,5 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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GRECO, ElThe Agony in the Garden (detail)c. 1608Oil on canvasSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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LUINI, BernardinoMadonna and Child with Sts Catherine and Barbara1522-25Oil on panel, 94 x 72 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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LUINI, BernardinoMadonna and Child with Sts Catherine and Barbara (detail)1522-25Oil on panelSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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MURILLO, Bartolomé EstebanThe Infant Jesus Distributing Bread to Pilgrims1678Oil on canvas, 219 x 182 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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MURILLO, Bartolomé EstebanThe Infant Jesus Distributing Bread to Pilgrims (detail)1678Oil on canvasSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva yPeasants at the Table (El Almuerzo)c. 1620Oil on canvas, 96 x 112 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva yPeasants at the Table (El Almuerzo)(detail)c. 1620Oil on canvas, 96 x 112 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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RAFFAELLO SanzioMadonna and Child with the Infant St Johnc. 1508Tempera and oil on wood, 29 x 22 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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RAFFAELLO SanzioMadonna and Child with the Infant St John (detail)1508Tempera and oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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BRONZINO, AgnoloAdoration of the Shepherds1539-40Oil on wood, 65 x 47 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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BRONZINO, AgnoloAdoration of the Shepherds (detail)1539-40Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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BRONZINO, AgnoloAdoration of the Shepherds (detail)1539-40Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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BRONZINO, AgnoloAdoration of the Shepherds (detail)1539-40Oil on woodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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RAFFAELLO SanzioPortrait of Pietro Bemboc. 1504Oil on wood, 54 x 69 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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RAFFAELLO SanzioPortrait of Pietro Bembo (detail)c. 1504Oil on wood, 54 x 69 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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BELLINI, GentilePortrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprusc. 1500Panel, 63 x 49 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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BELLINI, GentilePortrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (detail)c. 1500Panel, 63 x 49 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSalomec. 1530Oil on poplar panel, 87 x 58 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSalome (detail)c. 1530Oil on poplar panelSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSalome (detail)c. 1530Oil on poplar panelSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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ORLEY, Bernaert vanPortrait of Charles V1519-20Oil on wood, 71 x 52 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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ORLEY, Bernaert vanPortrait of Charles V (detail)1519-20Oil on wood, 71 x 52 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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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.
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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.