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4 Hungarian National Gallery
Magyar Nemzeti Galéria St Anne Altarpiece
(c.1520)
Established in 1957, the Hungarian National Gallery Elaborately decorated,
houses a compre hensive collection of Hungarian art this folding altarpiece
from medieval times to the 20th cen tury. Gathered from Kisszeben is one
of the Gothic high lights
by various groups and institutions since 1839, in the gallery.
these works had previously been exhibited at the
Hungarian National Museum (see pp134–7) and the
Museum of Fine Arts (see pp150–53). The collection
was moved to the Royal Palace in 1975 and today
occupies four wings. There are now six permanent
exhibitions, presenting the most valuable and
critically acclaimed Hungarian art in the world.

Madonna of Toporc (c. 1420)
This is a captivating example of
medieval wood sculpture in the
Gothic style. It was originally
crafted for a church in
Spiz (now part of Slovakia).

First floor

Madonna of Bártfa
(1465–70)
This painting of a Madonna
and Child is from a church
in Bártfa (now in Slovakia).
It is thought to have been
painted in Cracow, Poland.

Wing D Ground floor Wing C
Main entrance
Key
Stone sculptures and artifacts
Gothic works
. The Visitation (1506)
This painting by Master MS Late-Gothic altarpieces
is a delightful example of Renaissance and Baroque works
late Gothic Hungarian art. It 19th-Century works
is a fragment of a folding 20th-Century works
altarpiece from a church
in Selmecbánya in Hungarian works post 1945
modern-day Slovakia. Temporary exhibitions

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