Medieval History
- Medieval News From The End Of 2013
There were quite a lot of things I wanted to report on at the end of 2013. I hope to come back to these subject individually in the near future - for now, I can only give a brief listing of these news. Medieval palace chapel reopened at Esztergom After...
- Exhibition Of Medieval Art In Cologne
Last week I had a chance to see the exhibition "Glanz und Grösse des Mittelalters" at the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne (Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages). The new building of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum provides a spacious and modern exhibition...
- The Salerno Ivories
I posted an image from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) on Flickr today - a nice and small ivory panel showing the Creation of birds and fish. I detected from responses that there is some interest in the piece - hence this...
- Medieval Holdings Of Budapest Museums
I often find myself trying to explain the system of Budapest's major art museums to foreigners. Although it is a clear system, it can still be confusing at times. For example, you can find important medieval artworks in all major museums of the capital....
- Medieval Winged Altarpiece To Travel To London
After the London exhibition of the Liechtenstein collection was canceled, plans were quickly made to fill the void with an exhibition based on the holdings of Hungary's premiere art museum, the Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest). An article in the Guardian...
Medieval History
News from Hungarian Museums
Medieval and Renaissance tapestries on view at Esztergom
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| Calvary Tournai, late 15th century Esztergom, Christian Museum |
An exhibition of tapestries has been on view at the Christian Museum in Esztergom since May. The Museum holds a significant collection of tapestries, and together with the co-organizer - the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest - they have put on display a good selection of early tapestries.The present exhibition entitled ?Historical and Contemporary Tapestries in Hungary? is presents the past and present of European woven tapestry, illuminating the connections also. From the perspective of a medievalists, the first section of the exhibition is the most interesting, which is titled ?Flemish Tapestries with Biblical and Mythological Themes from the Museum of Applied Arts and the Christian Museum?. Here one of the genre?s most significant traditions ? the Flemish ? is represented by Oudenaarde and Tournai tapestries kept at the Christian Museum and by the 18th-century Brussels tapestry ?Mercury Hands Over the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs?, a work preserved at the Museum of Applied Arts. It is through this work that the rest of the exhibition - showing contemporary works - is connected to historic tapestries, via the "Web of Europe" project. The exhibition can be visited until the end of August, and is accompanied by a catalogue.
Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest purchases an early Renaissance carving
The blog of Hungarian museum journal MúzeumCafé reported that the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest had purchased an important French early Renaissance carving at an auction last week (June 5). The stone relief was once part of the famed collection of Rudolf Bed?, and was auctioned at Kieselbach Gallery and Auction House. Another medieval sculpture from the collection - a Burgundian Madonna - was also offered for sale. This news comes just a few months after the long overdue re-opening of the permanent exhibition of the Old Sculpture Collection of the museum (see my report from December) - the piece is clearly a welcome addition to this important collection.
I will list a few smaller exhibitions here as well - with link to Hungarian-language reports
- After an absence of several years, the Roman and Medieval lapidarium reopened at the Balaton Museum in Keszthely, more info here.
- An exhibition of a medieval silver treasure hoard from Poland - the Hoard of G?ogów - is on view at the Déri Museum in Debrecen, along with an important silver hoard from 13th century Hungary.
- Finally, the exhibition about Queen Gertude - on which I already published a report - is on view for a few more weeks at the Lower Castle (Solomon-Tower) of the King Matthias Museum at Visegrád.
- Medieval News From The End Of 2013
There were quite a lot of things I wanted to report on at the end of 2013. I hope to come back to these subject individually in the near future - for now, I can only give a brief listing of these news. Medieval palace chapel reopened at Esztergom After...
- Exhibition Of Medieval Art In Cologne
Last week I had a chance to see the exhibition "Glanz und Grösse des Mittelalters" at the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne (Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages). The new building of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum provides a spacious and modern exhibition...
- The Salerno Ivories
I posted an image from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) on Flickr today - a nice and small ivory panel showing the Creation of birds and fish. I detected from responses that there is some interest in the piece - hence this...
- Medieval Holdings Of Budapest Museums
I often find myself trying to explain the system of Budapest's major art museums to foreigners. Although it is a clear system, it can still be confusing at times. For example, you can find important medieval artworks in all major museums of the capital....
- Medieval Winged Altarpiece To Travel To London
After the London exhibition of the Liechtenstein collection was canceled, plans were quickly made to fill the void with an exhibition based on the holdings of Hungary's premiere art museum, the Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest). An article in the Guardian...