Belgian Collector lends Rare René Magritte Work to Israel Museum
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
The Castle of the Pyrenees was damaged two months ago when a five-year-old boy pushed a pinecone towards the canvas, causing a tear in the canvas.
A Belgian collector has lent a rare work by René Magritte to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem while the artist’s iconic painting The Castle of the Pyrenees undergoes restoration following accidental damage.
The smaller work, painted in gouache on paper in 1962, presents another version of Magritte’s famous image of a castle perched atop an enormous rock floating in the sky. It will be displayed at the museum over the coming months, until conservation work on the original 1959 oil painting is completed.