Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei (Budapest, 2007)
ISTVÁN NÉMETH: Vanishing Hopes: The Last Will of Marcell Nemes - The Museum of Fine Arts' Acquisitions from the Nemes Estate
without being fully recompensed. At least this is alluded to by the fact that in 1936 numerous known items of the Nemes estate were inventoried into the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin on a ministerial directive, in some cases verifiably from the security deposit of the Dresdner Bank. 43 István Németh is curator at the Old Masters' Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. NOTES ' There are over one hundred documents in the archives of the Museum of Fine Arts in connection with Marcell Nemes and his collection from the period between 1906-1935. Recent publications on the life of Marcell Nemes and his activities as an art collector: I. Németh, "Miért lett nemes—a Nemes? Legendák és tények Nemes Marcellről I" [How did Nemes become noble? Legends and facts about Marcell Nemes l], Artmagazin II, no. 4 (2004), 4-10; I. Németh, "Apostol vagy műkereskedő? Legendák és tények Nemes Marcellről II" [Apostle or art dealer? Legends and facts about Marcell Nemes II], Artmagazin II, no. 5 (2004), 4-15; I. Németh, "A tutzingi várúr—a nemzet halottja. Legendák és tények Nemes Marcellről III [ The lord of Tutzing Castle —one of the nation's dead. Legends and facts about Marcell Nemes III], Artmagazin III, no. 1 (2005), 4-13. Nemes Marczell képgyűjteménye a Szépművészeti Múzeumban [Marcell Nemes's collection of pictures in the Museum of Fine Arts, with an introduction by Marcell Nemes] Budapest, February 1909; Nemes Marcell képgyűjte?nényének kiállítása a Szépművészeti Múzeumban [An exhibition of the Nemes Marcell collection of pictures in the Museum of Fine Arts, with an introduction by Gábor Térey], Budapest, November 1910. ; On these donations of Nemes: I. Németh, "A generous gift or a healthy compromise? Some contributions to the background of the donation of a painting by El Greco", BullMusHongr 97 (2002), 89-99; I. Németh, "Marcell Nemes and the Art of the Rákóczi Era", in Europe and Hungary in the Age of Ferenc II Rákóczi, 24-26 September, 2003, Stadia Caroliensia 2004. nos. 3-4, Budapest 2006, 103-12. 4 Elek Petrovics's letter dated 8 October, 1921 on Marcell Nemes' taking works of art out of Hungary can be found in the archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, no. 785/1921. 5 See "Marczell de Nemes gives art collection to uncrowned king Otto and Hungarian State", New York TimeslS April, 1925; "Eine wertvolle Sammlung", Welt am Sonntag, 26 April, 1925, no. 17; Oberbayern, Munich. "Eine wertvolle Sammlung", NürnbergA 7 ürther Morgenpresse, 29 April, 1925, no. 117.
