Medieval Hungary

The following news does not have much to do with medieval art in Hungary, but it is a very significant discovery made at a Hungarian museu...

In this post, I would like to call attention to a little-known medieval textile object at the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest and also t...

Egidius Sadeler II: Gábor Bethlen, c. 1620 This year marks the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the rule of Gábor Bethlen as Princ...

Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest The Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest joined the Google Art Project earlier this year. So far, ...

Diptych, Paris, 14th century. Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest At the most recent update of the Gothic Ivories Project , coordinated by...

2012 represented a sort of breakthrough for Hungarian art museums in the process of putting their collections online. When I wrote about th...

The medieval church of the Archabbey of Pannonhalma was restored over the last few months, and was solemnly reconsecrated today. The i...

I would like to wish Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all my readers with a detail from the most b...

Last week I had a chance to see the exhibition " Glanz und Grösse des Mittelalters " at the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne ( Sp...

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 ...

The Fonthill Vase National Museum of Ireland, Dublin  The so-called Gaigneres-Fonthill vase at the National Museum of Ireland, ...

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 st...