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ANNUAL REPORT 2004 - A 2004. ÉV - TEMPORARY EXEIIBITIONS - IDŐSZAKI KIÁLLÍTÁSOK - VILMOS TÁTRAI: From Raphael to Goya: Portraits from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
HIGHLIGHTED WORKS OF ART Chamber Exhibitions arranged by the Collection of Classical Antiquities With the intention of instilling a new tradition, the Collection of Classical Antiquities launched the "Highlighted Works of Arf 1 chamber exhibition series in December 2003. The primary aim of the series, put on view in the Entrance Hall of the museum, is to present to the public in a regular rhythm the results of the work carried out within the Collection: recently acquired, restored works of art, or those about which new scientific results, worthy of presentation, have come up. The "Highlighted Works of Art" exhibitions of this year have featured artworks acquired by the Collection during the past few years. In spring, an Etruscan brazier from the seventh century BC with stamped decoration, and in autumn, a Phoenician terracotta statue of a youth dated to the fifth century BC were on view. In the summer of 2004, visitors could view a selection of talismans from the period of the Roman Empire deciphered in recent years. Alongside the small engraved gems with the power of birth control or to be used for gastric disorders, a unique piece was also exhibited. The red jasper gem of about 6 cm, judging by its inscription, was a votive offering and relates a story of divine assistance in a form resembling that of comic strips. According to the inscription and the unique picture sequence carved into the stone, Hekate, the sorceress-goddess has granted the request of Ophelimus, who offered the gem, presenting him with a protector demon. An archaic Greek bronze hydria acquired in 2004 was on display in the winter exhibition (figs. 10-12). According to the women's heads soldered to the rim, this unique vessel can be considered one of the prominent pieces of the Laconian art of the seventh-sixth century BC. (See Conrad M. Stibbe's detailed study on the hydria in this volume on pages 31-55.) A Hungarian and English leaflet is published for every exhibition of the "Highlighted Works of Art" series. A short guide also can be read on the website of the Collection of Classical Antiquities, http://www2.szepmuveszeti.hu/antik_ gyűjteményantik_ gy.htm MARIANNA DÁGI FROM RAPHAEL TO GOYA: PORTRAITS FROM THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN BUDAPEST Turin, Palazzo Bricherasio 1 October 2004-23 January 2005 Organisers and curators: Vilmos Tátrai, Daniela Magnetti, and Giulia Zanasi The exhibition comprising eighty-two paintings was organised in the spirit of the notion that the portrait is an extraordinarily manifold genre, which is richly articulated not only according to period and individual artists, but also iconographically. Accordingly, both the arrangement of the exhibition and the catalogue employed the following
