Re: Paintings depicting scenes from European history
László Hunyadi on the Bier (March 16, 1457)
Author: Viktor Madarász
Year: 1859
Location: Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Viktor Madarász gained the first international appreciation for Hungarian painting when his picture, "The Bewailing of László Hunyadi" won the State Grand Prix at the 1861 Paris Salon Exhibition. This rather romantic historical painting of the Hunyadi tragedy epitomizes the national grief of the 1850s, and fans the fire of revenge. The dead body of the heroic László Hunyadi, son of the great János Hunyadi, lies in Buda Castle Chapel. King László V, fearing for throne, had lured the popular young Hunyadi to his place with a promise of safe passage. Then he seized him and had him beheaded in the market place at Buda on March 16, 1457. At the feet of body, his mother, Erzsébet Szilágyi, and his bride, Mária Gara, kneel in grief.
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