Renoir Nude Acquired For Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest, Costing HUF 3.5 Billion

  • 15 May 2019 6:03 AM
  • Hungary Around the Clock
Renoir Nude Acquired For Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest, Costing HUF 3.5 Billion
Hungary has acquired a new Renoir painting which the general public will soon be able to view Prime Minister Viktor Orbán just announced.



Renoir’s painting Reclining Nude was obtained by the Museum of Fine Arts from a private collection, Orbán said at the dedication of the building of the National Museum Restoration and Storage Centre. 

The museum will display the painting at a chamber exhibition from May 24. 

The painting was purchased for HUF 3.5 billion.

MTI Photo: Máthé Zoltán

Museum of Fine Arts
1146 Budapest, Dózsa György út 41.
Phone: +36 1 469 7100

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