Treasures from Budapest features over 200 works of art from some of the finest collections in Central Europe and includes paintings, drawings and sculpture from the early Renaissance to the 20th century. On display will be selected works by artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, El Greco, Rubens, Goya, Manet, Monet, Schiele, Gauguin and Picasso, many of which have not previously been shown in the UK.
The show will be organised chronologically using various themes such as religious works, mythological subjects, portraiture and landscape paintings. It will open with the dramatic St. Andrew Altarpiece, 1512, from Liptószentandrás, showing the skill and technique used in early wood carving in Hungary. Key works from the early Italian School will include rare and exquisite Renaissance bronze sculptures attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and Andrea Riccio as well as 15th century devotional paintings by Jacopo del Sellaio, Liberale da Verona and Giovanni Santi. At the centre of the exhibition, over 80 Old Master drawings which will include works by Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer, Altdorfer, Carracci and Tiepolo will be displayed. Large scale paintings by Rubens and Jacob Jordaens will showcase the Flemish school and the exceptional Spanish collection will be displayed through works by El Greco, Zurbarán and Murillo.
Still lifes, landscapes and portraits by Royal Academicians Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Constable and Angelica Kauffmann will also feature and the exhibition will conclude with a showcase of 20th century artists including Monet, Chagall, Picasso and Schiele alongside works by Hungarian artists such as Károly Ferenczy and József Rippl-Rón.
This exhibition has been organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and with the partnership of the Hungarian National Gallery.