Csornay Boldizsár - Dobos Zsuzsa - Varga Ágota - Zakariás János szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 99. (Budapest, 2003)
THE YEAR 2003 - EXHIBITIONS
upper floor exhibition rooms. The third traditional exhibition principle regarded the display of the works according to their chronological or historical succession. Now the Seicento exhibition in the Baroque Hall and the Settecento in the Marble Hall gives back to the paintings (and sculptures) the role that they originally had. None of these pieces were exhibition objects in the modern sense. None were intended as examples of a certain stage of art historical development. They were born to become spiritual and intellectual companions to men: treasures of outstanding quality to be esteemed highly. No museum can ever restore this role to them, not even by placing them in the best reconstructed enterieurs. Yet, their installation in interiors similar to their original setting —be it a palace, church, private living areas, offices or representative surroundings —secures their recognition and a noble experience of their company. According to the present plans, the last installation of the large halls will be realized in the Romanesque hall, after the completion of its reconstruction. This is the most historicizing large interior in the building: apart from its inner walkways, it resembles a palace chapel with entirely painted walls. Its wall paintings executed al secco will be restored. Under the arcades of the hall, about 100 paintings (including 17 altarpieces!) of the Italian collection before 1500 can be exhibited, protected by an ingenious and hardly noticeable safety system. In the central area of the hall, the placement of reconstructed altarpieces and sculpture-groups is possible. Subsequently, so much room can be liberated on the first floor of the picture gallery that the now overcrowded wing looking towards the Dózsa György street and, then, the second floor of the central block of the building will be able to accommodate further permanent exhibitions of paintings and sculptures. M. M. Translated by D. S. IN MEMÓRIÁM KÁROLY PULSZKY (1853-1899) November 11, 2003 - March 30, 2004 Curator of the exhibition: Katalin Papp Sebastiano del Piombo (Venice ca. 1485 - 1547 Rome) Portrait of a Man, ca 1515 (fig. 46) Oil on poplar, 115 by 94 cm. Inv. no. 1384. Purchased at a sale held at Sambon, Milan, 11 November 1895, for 141,750 lires. The Ducal Gallery of Modena took possession of the painting from Count Aresi. It was attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo upon its acquisition by Francesco I d'Este; later inventories of the Modena gallery however listed it as a self portrait by Raphael. By 1797, the painting had come to the ownership of the Modena writer Luigi Cerretti, while in 1808 it was acquired by the Pavian teacher Antonio Scarpa. The latter's
