Collections
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The Lamentation
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St. Andrew
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SS. Mary Magdalene, Anne and Elizabeth of Hungary
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The Annunciation
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The Miraculous Mass of St. Martin
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The Resurrection of Christ
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Vision of St. Anthony the Hermit
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The Coming of the Holy Spirit
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The Adoration of the Magi
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Altar of the Virgin Mary
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St. Anne with the Virgin, Child and St. Joseph
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Saint László
Late Gothic Winged Altarpieces
The ground-floor exhibition of wooden sculptures and panel paintings from the Late Middle Ages continues on the first floor, in the former throne-room of the palace, and in two rooms connecting to it. Here a total of fifteen largely complete winged altarpieces are on display, along with numerous component parts of such altarpieces. The majority of the works of art on show here are from the early 16th century. In terms of the number of complete altarpieces and their artistic quality, this assemblage is one of the most important of its kind in Europe. A distinctive feature of the exhibition is that it displays next to one another altarpieces that were once together in particular churches. The parish churches at Leibic, Nagyszalók and Liptószentandrás are each the source of two altarpieces now held by the Hungarian National Gallery. From the parish church at Kisszeben we have not only an Annunciation altarpiece and an altarpiece showing Saint Anne, but also an altarpiece for the high altar. This last work was among the largest winged altarpieces in Mediaeval Hungary. At present only some of its sculptures and wings are on view in the exhibition; this creation will be displayed in its entirety when its restoration has been completed. Among the exhibits in the vestibule of the former throne-room visitors can see one of the most important pieces in the collection: the Visitation panel, by the master MS, from a one-time altarpiece at Selmecbánya.