Pákh Vows To Sue Hungary Over Status Of Painting
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
Art collector Imre Pákh will go to court if the government follows through on its promise to forbid him from taking the painting Golgotha by 19th-century artist Mihály Munkácsy out of the country, lawyer Gábor Holló told Népszabadság on Thursday. Pákh is willing to sell the work for $9 million, but the government is offering to pay only $6 million.
The government said in June that it will declare the painting a protected artwork, meaning it cannot be taken out of Hungary, shortly before the period of its temporary loan to a Debrecen museum expired.
Central bank deputy governor Ferenc Gerhardt and Museum of Fine Arts director László Baán have recently stated that “sooner or later Golgotha will be Hungarian”.
They also hinted that they do not intend to pay the price sought by Pákh.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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