… This series is particularly special because it is the earliest surviving example of documentary photography in Hungary. The daguerreotypes in this series document art objects and the exact date and location of the daguerreotypes of the series are also known, as well as the sponsor and the creator. Their value is also enhanced by the fact that the pictures were taken outdoors in the yard of the artist's house in Buda, and one of them shows a full portrait of the sculptor. István Ferenczy …
Chief Museologist (Photo Archive) He graduated in 2005 from the Department of Hungarian Language and Literature at SZTE BTK and from the Department of Cultural Organising and Media at SZTE-JGYTFK. From 2008 to 2010 he was a student at The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava. In 2013, he was a fellow at NEDCC, Andover, USA. In 2019, he received his PhD in …
… in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts – Central European Research Institute for Art History (ADK). The main portion of the Lectorate’s Archives consists of documentation of public works of art (together with the associated photographic material). The rest of the material is comprised of other documents, including a larger collection of official papers—which were transferred to the Lectorate in 1976—related to the organizational operations and professional activities of the …