#Bertalan Székely

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Bertalan Székely (Hungarian, 1835-1910) Woman of Eger, 1867 Hungarian National Gallery On 29 September, 1552, an army of 70,000 Turks gathered at Szolnok and went on to attack the castle of Eger. The defenders of the castle numbered all together 2000, including serfs with no understanding of warfare, and many women and children. Nevertheless, the defenders of the castle, under the leadership of István Dobó, repelled the attacks, and on 18 October, the Turks retreated from the castle. The most famous contemporary account of the heroic defence of the castle was Sebestyén “Lantos” Tinódi’s ballad of 1553, the Fight for the Castle of Eger. Mihály Horváth called attention to the role of women in the siege in his 19th -century work. In his composition, Bertalan Székely wanted to express the Hungarians’ disadvantage in the struggle, as he describes it in his journal. By depicting the central female figure with the attackers in front of her and the castle in flames behind her, he evokes a feeling of true heroism, while creating an eternal symbol of patriotic sacrifice. - Iván Boldizsár explains the historical background to Székely’s Women of Eger: “In the sixteenth century, when the Turks had conquered the greater part of Hungary, Eger became the protecting bulkwark of the northern regions. After Buda, the capital, had fallen to the Turks, they tried to extend their dominion northwards to the Carpathians in order to carry through outflanking movements towards Vienna in the west and the southern territories of Poland in the east. Eger already had a fortress, built by Italian experts in fortification, to guard the valley which was the natural line of advance to the north. It was on these walls that the memorable battle for the defense of Eger was fought. A garrison of not more than two thousand, under István Dobó, resisted the challenge of a Turkish force said to be a hundred and fifty thousand strong. The citizens of Eger fought with dauntless courage, and when the fort seemed to be in danger of capitulation, the women joined the battle, gurling down cauldrons of boiling water and tar against the onrushing enemy. The struggle was finally crowned with victory, and the Turks turned back. This great feat has passed into literature. Not only dies every schoolchild in Hungary learn of it, but works of fiction have been written round it, among them the popular ’Stars of Eger’ by Géza Gárdonyi, a lasting work of Hungarian youth literature…. The fortress consists of a hill enclosed by massive walls, and honeycombed with underground passages at three different levels. It was this complicated system of underground defenses which enabled the defenders to face an enemy of vastly superior strength….Here and there are recesses in the walls of the corridors. During the siege sentinels sat here watching peas placed on a drum. The trembling of the peas showed where the Turks were beginning to undermine the walls, and by this simple device the defenders could know when to take measures to avert the danger by drilling counter-mines.“

[random-brushstrokes]

Bertalan Székely - Thunderstorm (ca. 1875)

[portraituresque]

Bertalan Székely - Self portrait 

[bragganhyl]

Egysze' vót, hó nem vót, tőtént egyszer réges régen kábé három nappal ezelőtt, egy Paraszt Bertalan nevű paraszt, akinek tiszta kékesződre vót festve a haja temperával kigondolta, hogy lemegy é a strandra magába

[chippedcupwrites]

Sansa Stark┃the living painting

John Millais. The Martyr of the Solway. 1871. │ Gabriel von Max. Young woman with flowers in her hair. │ Sophie Gengembre Anderson. Portrait of a Young Girl. │ James Carroll Beckwith. The Embroiderer. │ Arthur Hughes. Juliet and her Nurse. 1867–1872. │ Thomas Benjamin Kennington. Contemplation. │ Alexandre Cabanel. Fallen Angel. 1847. │ Frederick Sandys. Helen of Troy. 1867. │ Ruth Sanderson. Arthur and Guinevere. │ Paul Delaroche. The Execution of Lady Jane Grey. 1833. │ Johannes Vermeer. Girl with a Pearl Earring. 1665. │ Stephen Phillips. Nancy Price as Calypso in Ulysses. 1902. │ P. J. Lynch. Eithlinn, Daughter of Balor. 2000. │ Charles Allen Winter. Portrait of a Woman. 1919. │ William Oxer. Amor Aeternus. 2022. │ George Romney. Emma Hart as Miranda. 1786. │ Bertalan Székely. Red Haired Girl. 1875. │ John Roddam Spencer Stanhope. Thoughts of the Past. 1859. │ Jean-Jacques Henner. Head Of A Young Girl In A Blue Dress. │ John William Waterhouse. Ophelia. 1910. │ Rudolf Kosow, Geheimnisvoll. │

[la-belle-histoire]

Portrait of Mrs. Albert Schickedanz, Bertalan Székely. c. 1880.

[justineportraits]

Bertalan Székely Leda with the Swan 1880s

[transmurderbug]

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what is your favourite piece of art? Hmm. I have a lot... I love Anguish by August Friedrich Schenk and Egri nők by Bertalan Székely

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do you have any fav pictures/portraits of empress sissy^^?

Hi! I already mentioned my favorite photographs on this ask. But I've never talked about my favorite portraits, so let's do that! To not be too obvious I'm going to omit Winterhalter's portraits, but I still love them (even if I'm a bit bored of them always being used as covers for Elisabeth's biographies).

Duchess Elisabeth and Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria, by Carl Haag, 1849. Little Elise! I just find this portrait of Elisabeth and her brother really cute, and there's even a good boy in it! What's not to love?

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, by Franz Schrotzberg, 1860. One of her best portraits as a young woman; no accessories, no sumptuous attire, just a simple hairstyle and a very striking profile. I wish it was used more often as a book cover.

Queen Elisabeth, by Bertalan Székely, 1869. My favorite state portrait of Elisabeth, mainly because this is the one in which you can see her coronation dress in more detail. The face isn't the best but that's the least important thing on a state portrait, I'm here for the symbolism, and Székely delivered.

Empress Elisabeth, by Georg Raab, 1873. This was Elisabeth's best look, fight me. In general I think the 1870s was the time she served looks the most, but in particular I like this portrait because she's looking right at you. Those eyes aren't empty, they know something that you don't, and I love that (oh and that jewelry? Inherited from a certain Maria Antonia, sometime Queen of France).

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, by Leopold Horowitz, 1899. Her best posthumous portrait, imo. She looks young like in all her portraits from this time, and yet there's something about her eyes that just tells you this isn't a young woman at all, but someone that has lived a long life. Ughh I love art AI could NEVER capture this feeling.

Queen Elisabeth and Archduchess Gisela at Gerbeaud, by Márk Lajos, 1900. The quality of the picture sucks but I just love this one because is so odd to see Elisabeth depicted with Gisela, specially as an adult woman. I don't know the context for it but I'd love to, specially since is also a posthumous picture. Did someone commissioned it for Gisela? Did this scene actually took place or is a creation of the artist?

There are more that I like but these are some that come to my mind now!

[victusinveritas]

St. Ladislaus King of Hungary (detail) - Ignac Roskovics, 19th Century.

King Saint Ladislaus of Hungary crosses the river Drava to conquer Croatia (painting by Bertalan Székely, 19th century)

St. Ladislaus's reliquary of the late 19th-century (in the Cathedral-Basilica of Oradea, Romania)

After the Battle of Kerlés in 1068, Saint Ladislaus is fighting a duel with a cuman warrior who kidnapped a girl. (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)

Chronica Hungarorum - King Saint Ladislaus of Hungary

[hobbygilda]

VI. Ker. Székely Bertalan utca (via Tipo Budapest)

[gentlyascending]

Bertalan Székely

[mscoyditch]

"The Lady in Blue in the Dust Vortex". Zsigmond Vajda. Hungarian. 1860-1931.

Zsigmond Vajda (1860-1931) was an Hungarian painter. He studied at the Budapest School of Design from 1878. His masters were Bertalan Székely and Károly Lotz. He later trained in Munich as a student of Gyula Benczúr. His most important exhibitions: in 1907 he had a collection exhibition in the Kálmán Book Salon, in the Műcsarnok, in 1921 in the National Salon. His paintings and frescoes can be seen in the Hungarian National Gallery, the Déri Museum in Debrecen, the Hungarian Historical Gallery and the Parliament. He won several prizes.

(From: several sources)

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[bragganhyl]

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Our Lady of Luján (Christian; Saint)

Peter of Tarentaise (Christian; Saint)

Plechelm and Otger (Christian; Saints)

Teresa Demjanovich (Ruthenian Catholic Church)

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Victor Maurus (Christian; Martyr)

Wiro of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

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The Blue Dahlia (Film; 1946)

Buccaneer Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1948)

Captains and the Kings, by Taylor Caldwell (Novel; 1972)

Clash and Carry (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1961)

Cover Her Face, by P.D. James (Novel; 1962) [Adam Dalgliesh #1]

Deep Impact (Film; 1998)

Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother (DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special; 1981)

Dr. Jerkyl’s Hide (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)

Dr. No (US Film; 1963) [James Bond #1]

Down to Earth or The Bullwinkle Bounce (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 47; 1960)

Dracula (Film; 1958)

The Driver’s Seat, by Muriel Spark (Novella; 1970)

Elbow Room (America Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1976)

Endless Love, recorded by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross (Song; 1981)

Fall Story or Adrift in the Lift (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 48; 1960)

A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney (Essay Collection; 1982)

Frolicking Fish (Disney Cartoon; 1930)

The Good Shepherd, by C.S. Forester (Novel; 1955)

Grace and Frankie (TV Series; 2015)

Hans Christian Anderson’s Fairy Tales (Book; 1835)

Hot Pursuit (Film; 2015)

Huey’s Father’s Day (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1959)

The Lady of the Lake, by Sir Walter Scott (Poem; 1810)

Let It Be, by The Beatles (Album; 1970)

The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe (Novel; 1794)

Olive Oyl and Water Don’t Mix (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1942)

Pacific 231, by Arthur Honegger (Orchestral Work; 1924)

Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow (Novel; 1975)

Red Riding Hood (MGM Cartoon; 1943)

The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinkley Sheridan (Play; 1777)

Solar Opposites (Animated TV Series; 2020)

The Stand (TV Mini-Series; 1994)

Star Trek (Film; 2009)

Technocracked (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1933)

Three Imaginary Boys (a.k.a. Boys Don’t Cry), by The Cure (Album; 1979)

Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, by Michael Jackson (Song; 1983)

War as I Knew It, by George S. Patton Jr. (Memoir; 1947)

Woody’s Clip Joint (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1964)

Today’s Name Days

Ida, Klara, Ulla, Ulrike (Austria)

Arsen, Ida, Marija (Croatia)

Státní svátek (Czech Republic)

Stanislaus (Denmark)

Timmo, Timmu, Timo (Estonia)

Heino (Finland)

Désiré (France)

Ida, Klara, Ulla, Ulrike (Germany)

Arsenios, Melios, Theologos (Greece)

Mihály (Hungary)

Desiderato, Egli, Geronzio, Maria, Michele, Rosario, Vittore (Italy)

Aiga, Ceronis, Inita, Staņislavs, Stefanija (Latvia)

Audrius, Džiugas, Mykolas (Lithuania)

Åge, Åke (Norway)

Dezyderia, Ilza, Marek, Michał, Piotr, Stanisław (Poland)

Ioan (România)

Ingrida (Slovakia)

Eladio, Heladio, Luján, Pedro, Víctor (Spain)

Åke (Sweden)

Acacia, Acacio, Acacius, Ace, Hal, Harold, Harriet, Harris, Harrison, Harry, Hattie (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 129 of 2024; 237 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 19 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 25 of 28]

Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 1 (Ren-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 30 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 29 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 9 Magenta; Twosday [9 of 30]

Julian: 25 April 2024

Moon: 1%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 17 Caesar (5th Month) [Regulus]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 51 of 92)

Week: 2nd Week of May

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 19 of 31)

Calendar Changes

梅月 [Méiyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 4 of 12] (Plum Month) [Earthly Branch: Snake Month] (Sìyuè; Fourth Month)