After a court handed down a final ruling, the museum revealed that the paintings are in a flat on the first floor of Szerb utca 9, which is officially rented by the former mother-in-law of prime ministerial adviser Árpád Habony from the Fifth District.

The museum had lent to Brand Lab Tanácsadó ten Renaissance and Baroque paintings from the 16th century.

The museum lent the paintings for three months in December 2013 for a net monthly sum of Ft 15,000.

Rather than state where the paintings had been, the museum fought the request for information as far as the Kúria.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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