Title
Sacco di
Budapest and the Depredation of Hungary 1938-1949: Works of Art missing from
Hungary as a result of the Second World War, 1998
Author
László Mravik
Description
The
Sacco di Budapest is a catalogue of works of art that were taken from
Hungary between 1938 - 1949. The catalogue includes full details of the
artworks, with photographs, provenance information, profiles of the plundered
collectors, and photographs of them and of their works in situ. The catalogue
also provides a selection of archival documents, relevant laws, and a listing of
important auctions and exhibitions up to 1945. The preface sets out out a
comprehensive history of the losses and explains the contemporary legal
position.
Source
László
Mravik, "Sacco di Budapest" and the Depredation of Hungary 1938-1949:
Works of Art missing from Hungary as a result of the Second World War,
Hungarian National Gallery Publications, 1998/2, Budapest
Details of the artworks, their images (where available) and their provenance are available in the Object Database on this site.