Collection of fine arts

The earliest registered pieces of art of our museum are the oil painting called the „Kuruc Attack”, and a bronze statue which were both presents of László and István Károlyi in 1949. The other segment of the earliest part are the 84 copper engravings by Elias Weidmann from the family Windisgratz, which mainly portray historic figures.

The paintings of the 18th and 19th century can be divided tematically in five groups:

  1. The Historical delineations and battle-scenes
  2. The Portraits: Mainly historical figures and aristocrats or leaders of the Church; prominent pieces are the paintings of Rákóczi and the Kuruc troops.
  3. Portrays of captains and lord lieutenants of region Zemplén.
  4. Still lifes
  5. Imageries of Sárospatak

A so called „creative studio” worked in the castle between 1948-1959. The first pieces of the XX. century came from this studio. István Rácz ,- a well known photographer - arranged the first exhibition in the Norhern Palace wing from the works of the studio early in the 1948's. Many of these works later become the property of the museum. As time passed many exhibitions were set on the works of the creative studio. State presentations were significant source of expansion of the collection as it happened in 1968, 1974 and in 2001; when 28 works of Sándor Zugor landed in our collection. Increasing the repertory we still purchase pictures from relatives of former painters of Sárospatak and from the ones still living here.

Our collection of medals and plaquettes became more and more respectable through presentations and purchases in the course of time.

Nowadays our collection of fine arts counts 2230 pieces. -/ Year 2004 datas /.

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Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Rákóczi Múzeuma

Sárospatak 3950 Szent Erzsébet út .19
Phone: +36-47 311 083
Email: info@rakoczimuzeum.hu

Néprajzi Kiállítóhely Sárazsadány

Sárazsadány 3942 Fő út 36-38.
Phone: +36 47-511-135
Email: info@rakoczimuzeum.hu

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