Csornay Boldizsár - Dobos Zsuzsa - Varga Ágota - Zakariás János szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 97. (Budapest, 2002)

NÉMETH, ISTVÁN: A Generous Gift or a Healthy Compromise? Some Contributions to the Background of the Donation of a Painting by El Greco

A GENEROUS GIFT OR A HEALTHY COMPROMISE? SOME CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE DONATION OF A PAINTING BY EL GRECO The worthily renowned collection of Spanish paintings in the Old Masters' Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts holds no less than seven pictures by El Greco. With merely one exception, the Annunciation, which was purchased in 1907 in Paris, all of these are originating from, directly or indirectly, the superb collection that had been amassed by Marcell Nemes of Jánoshalma (Jánoshalma 1866 - 1930 Budapest).

1 A painting 57. El Greco, The Penitent Magdalen. Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts Summary discussions of the paintings by El Greco in the Museum of Fine Arts can be found in the following: Pigler, A., Katalog der Galerie Alter Meister, Budapest 1967, 285-290; Haraszti Takács, M., Contribution á l'histoire de la collection Greco du musée, BullMusHongr 53 (1979) 115-124; Haraszti -Takács, M., Spanish Painting from the Primitives to Ribera, Budapest 1982, nos. 24-35; Barkóczi, I., El Greco, a budapesti képek, in Hommage á El Greco, (Szépművészeti Múzeum) Budapest 1991, 9-12; Museum of Fine Arts Budapest. Old Masters ' Gallery. A Summary Catalogue of Italian, French, Spanish and Greek Paintings (ed. Tátrai, V.), Budapest 1991, 154-155; Nyerges, É., Pintura espahola, Budapest 1996, 54-64; id., Obras Maestros del Arte Espahol. Museo de Bellas Artes de Budapest, (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya) Madrid - (Museo de Bellas Artes) Bilbao 1996-1997, 67-81.