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Teutonic Romanticism rules in room XIII, with Von Lenbach's
The Triumphal Arch of Titus
in Rome
and Böcklin's
Centaur at a Forge
.
English and French art
The single room (XIV) devoted to
English art
musters a dullish portrait apiece by Hogarth,
Reynolds and Gainsborough, and a melodramatic theatre scene by Zoffany, while the high-
light of
Frenchartuntil1800
in room XVI is
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
by
Poussin
.
However, both are totally outshone by the display of masters that follows.
Italian Collection
The superb
Italian Collection
occupies nine rooms and can be viewed in a very rough
chronological order by entering from the lobby opposite the Spanish section, or in reverse
from the English or French rooms; some backtracking is inevitable. A tradition of gilded al-
tarpieces such as
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine
(room XXIV) gave rise to
Boccacio
's
masterpiece
TheAdorationoftheInfantChrist
,usuallydisplayednear
Titian
's
Madonnaand
Child with St Paul
in the later rooms.
Bellini
's pig-eyed
Queen of Cyprus
and a possible
Fra
Angelico
landscape are the highlights of room XXIII.
Room XIX boasts
Raphael
's exquisite
Esterházy Madonna
- a Virgin and Child with the
infant St John - and two
Giorgione
paintings, one a self-portrait, leading to a powerful
Bronzino
portrait in room XX. The highlights of the neighbouring Room XVII are a couple
of portrayals of Venetian Doges, a friendly one by
Titian
and another, more watchful charac-
ter by
Tintoretto
, who is also represented by
Hercules Expelling the Faun from Omphale's
Bed
; and a couple of
Veronese
paintings, including one of a disagreeable grandee in an
ermine-trimmed robe.
Room XVIII hosts the biblical epic
Jael and Sara
, by
Artemisia Gentileschi
. Finally, up
by the English collection, room XV has two superb
Canalettos
: one of Vienna and the other
of the Pantheon, though the latter is poorly displayed high above a door. Also on show are a
handful of landscapes by
Guardi
and some paintings by
Tiepolo
.
Ötvenhatosok tere
Ötvenhatosok tere
, 56ers' Square, the wide avenue running off alongside the Városliget,
was called Parade Square in Communist times, as it was here that Party leaders reviewed
marching soldiers. Up to 1956 they did so beneath a 25m-high statue of Stalin that was torn
down during the Uprising and hammered into bits for souvenirs. Later, a statue of Lenin was
erected in its place, which in turn was removed to the
Memento Park
in 1989. Today it serves
as the setting for occasional
fairs
and
concerts
but work is starting to transform it into Bud-
apest's new
Museum Quarter
, moving the National Gallery and Ethnographical Museum
here.
