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The Most Famous Artworks of Hungarian National Gallery

The 60 most celebrated works of the Hungarian National Gallery museum, ranked by renown across 515 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. Ondine
    Ondine Jules Lefebvre · 1892
  2. Three Fishing Boats
    Three Fishing Boats Claude Monet · 1893
  3. At Vesper Bell
    At Vesper Bell Philip de László · 1898
  4. Adam
    Adam Károly Ferenczy · 1898
  5. The Visitation
    The Visitation Master MS · 1506
  6. Young faun
    Young faun Akseli Gallen-Kallela · 1904
  7. The Storyteller
    The Storyteller Philip de László · 1896
  8. The Hofbräuhaus
    The Hofbräuhaus Philip de László · 1896
  9. Still Life
    Still Life Mór Adler · 1850
  10. Portrait of a Woman
    Portrait of a Woman Auguste Alexis Canzi · 1845
  11. Japanese Woman
    Japanese Woman Bertalan Székely · 1871
  12. Peasant Yard
    Peasant Yard Karol Ľudovít Libay · 1843
  13. Double Portrait (Béni and Noémi)
    Double Portrait (Béni and Noémi) Károly Ferenczy · 1908
  14. Lovers
    Lovers Pál Szinyei Merse · 1870
  15. The Mourning of László Hunyadi
    The Mourning of László Hunyadi Viktor Madarász · 1859
  16. Italian Woman
    Italian Woman Mihály Kovács · 1851
  17. Woman Churning Butter
    Woman Churning Butter Mihály Munkácsy · 1873
  18. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
    Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Sándor Liezen-Mayer · 1892
  19. Pilgrimage to the Cedars of Lebanon
    Pilgrimage to the Cedars of Lebanon Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka · 1907
  20. Grandmother with a Child
    Grandmother with a Child Pierre Bonnard · 1898
  21. The Artist's Studio
    The Artist's Studio Pál Szinyei Merse · 1873
  22. Self-portrait
    Self-portrait István Nagy · 1920
  23. Christ on the Cross (Study painting)
    Christ on the Cross (Study painting) Mihály Munkácsy · 1892
  24. The Battle of Varna
    The Battle of Varna Jan Matejko · 1890
  25. Studio
    Studio János Nagy Balogh · 1912
  26. Still-life with Fruits, Parrots and White Cockatoo
    Still-life with Fruits, Parrots and White Cockatoo Jakob Bogdani · 1710
  27. The Carthausian Monastery
    The Carthausian Monastery Károly Telepy · 1859
  28. La Varenne Saint Hilaire
    La Varenne Saint Hilaire Camille Pissarro · 1863
  29. The Kiss of the Sphinx
    The Kiss of the Sphinx Franz von Stuck · 1898
  30. Self-portrait
    Self-portrait József Nemes Lampérth · 1911
  31. Portrait of a Man
    Portrait of a Man Demeter Laccataris · 1841
  32. Péter Zrínyi and Kristóf Frangepán in Prison at Wiener Neustadt
    Péter Zrínyi and Kristóf Frangepán in Prison at Wiener Neustadt Viktor Madarász · 1864
  33. Lido
    Lido Géza Mészöly
  34. Portrait of Miklós Horthy
    Portrait of Miklós Horthy Philip de László · 1927
  35. Women in the Prison
    Women in the Prison Ottó Baditz · 1900
  36. Jupiter Enthroned
    Jupiter Enthroned Heinrich Füger · 1794
  37. Self-Portrait
    Self-Portrait Károly Telepy · 1850
  38. Portrait of Charles Sedelmeyer
    Portrait of Charles Sedelmeyer Mihály Munkácsy · 1890
  39. Self-portrait
    Self-portrait Miklós Barabás · 1841
  40. Portrait of a Woman
    Portrait of a Woman János Alajos Hora · 1840
  41. Portrait of Lajos Ernst
    Portrait of Lajos Ernst Philip de László · 1907
  42. Self-portrait in the Studio
    Self-portrait in the Studio Pál Vágó · 1890
  43. Portrait of Franz Liszt
    Portrait of Franz Liszt Joseph Layraud · 1869
  44. Portrait of Painter József Borsos
    Portrait of Painter József Borsos August von Pettenkofen · 1840
  45. Portrait of Count Miklós Esterházy
    Portrait of Count Miklós Esterházy Unknown · 1758
  46. Portrait of Ferdinand III, King of Hungary
    Portrait of Ferdinand III, King of Hungary Justus Sustermans · 1626
  47. Woman with a Fan
    Woman with a Fan Édouard Manet · 1862
  48. The Artist with his Daughter Gabriel
    The Artist with his Daughter Gabriel Franz von Lenbach · 1900
  49. Self-Portrait
    Self-Portrait Károly Lotz · 1870
  50. Vision of St. Anthony the Hermit, detail of an altar wing from the Church of Saint Anthony in Szepesbéla (today Spišská Belá, Slovakia)
    Vision of St. Anthony the Hermit, detail of an altar wing from the Church of Saint Anthony in Szepesbéla (today Spišská Belá, Slovakia) Unknown · 1510
  51. Self-Portrait in a brown hat
    Self-Portrait in a brown hat József Rippl-Rónai · 1899
  52. Christ on the Cross
    Christ on the Cross Stephan Dorfmeister · 1793
  53. Meditation
    Meditation Simon Hollósy · 1894
  54. Neapolitan Woman
    Neapolitan Woman Henrik Weber · 1840
  55. Self-Portrait
    Self-Portrait Sándor Kozina · 1832
  56. Mary Magdalene
    Mary Magdalene Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
  57. Still life of fruits with pomegranates and figs
    Still life of fruits with pomegranates and figs Jakob Bogdani · 1700
  58. Portrait of General Eugène Cavaignac
    Portrait of General Eugène Cavaignac François Gabriel Guillaume Lépaulle · 1848
  59. Pannonia
    Pannonia Ferdinánd Vidra · 1844
  60. Still-Life with a Gingerbread Heart
    Still-Life with a Gingerbread Heart Adolf Fényes · 1907