French ambassador Philippe Zeller, Minister of Culture András Bozóki and the museum?s director László Baán opened the exhibition, entitled ?Bacchanal ? The Sensual Pleasures of Life in the Spell of the Past Golden Ages?, which is the third in a series of six exhibitions organised to mark the centenary of the museum. The first two exhibitions in the ?Geniuses and Masterpieces? series, ?Titian and the Madonna of Venice? and ?Sea Battles? attracted tens of thousands of visitors.
Poussin (1594-1665), whose work embodies the virtues of clarity, logic, and order, remained the dominant inspiration for classically-oriented artists until the 20th century. In addition to his masterpiece, which is only the second Poussin painting in Hungary, the exhibition will feature works by Poussin?s contemporaries and other artists who painted in the same style. They include Sébastien Bourdon (1616-1671), Michel Dorigny (1616-1665), Giulio Carpioni (1613-1678), Hendrick van Limborch, Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789), Sebastian Ricci (1659-1734) and Simon Vouet (1590-1649).
The next exhibition in the ?Geniuses and Masterpieces? series will present Titian?s ?Portrait of a Mysterious Man?. It will open in early June.
?Bacchanal ? The Sensual Pleasures of Life in the Spell of the Past Golden Ages? is open from April 1 to May 21, 2006.
The Museum of Fine Arts is located at Heroes? Square, or Hősök tere in Hungarian, along the Number One underground line.
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