One of the most important exhibitions of the summer was dedicated to the late Gothic painter known as Master MS, held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. At the heart of the monographic exhibition was Master MS’s most famous work: the former high altarpiece of Saint Catherine’s Church in Selmecbánya (now Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia), dated to 1506. The seven surviving panel paintings of this monumental masterpiece of late medieval art have never been brought together in a single exhibition before. I wrote a brief review of the exhibition, which was published in the September 2025 issue of Hungarian Review. You can read it on the journal's website, but I am also including it here on the blog.
On June 20, 2025, members of the International Center of Medieval Art and other
medieval art historians gathered for a tour of
the exhibition dedicated to Master MS and his
age at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. You can read about this event in ICMA News (Summer 2025).
The cover of ICMA News and Hungarian Review, both featuring Master MS
Citation: Zsombor Jékely: New Attributions in the Art of Master MS. Hungarian Review, Vol. 16/3 (2025), 117-125.
