Europe · Hungary
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Hungary's biggest museum of foreign art stands on Heroes' Square in Budapest and holds Old Masters from Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, such as El Greco, Raphael and Goya, along with later European art.
History of the museum
The museum opened in 1906 in a grand neoclassical building. Its collection began with the Esterházy family's paintings, which the Hungarian state bought in 1871. It was damaged in the Second World War and reopened, and it was renovated in the 2010s.
Top pieces
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The Penitent Mary Magdalene El Greco, 1570
In our gallery from here (7)
The Penitent Mary MagdaleneEl Greco · 1570
Jael and SiseraArtemisia Gentileschi · 1620
The Water BearerFrancisco Goya · 1808
Portrait of a YouthGiorgione · 1503
The KnifegrinderFrancisco Goya · 1808
The Infant Christ Distributing Bread to the PilgrimsBartolomé Esteban Murillo · 1678
Esther and MordecaiArent de Gelder · 1685