 His most significant purchase was that of the "Bertinelli collection" in Rome in 1878, when the Museum acquired sixty, mainly Italian Renaissance paintings.Further important acquisitions were the wooden sculptures and works of applied art bought in 1884 from the "Schnütgen Collection" in Cologne.After 1882, the enlarged collection was transferred to the second floor of the newly rebuilt Primate’s Palace on the Danube bank, where it is still located.