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christabel_daae) wrote2009-02-13 07:52 pm
christabel_daae) wrote2009-02-13 07:52 pm
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Gróf Andrássy Gyula - portraits
While prepairing an essay to be read in public in our German class about "Our favourite prominent person in history" - it's easy to guess whom I chose at once! - I collected quite a number of pictures portraing Gyula Andrássy senior. (Actually, I was looking for those anyway, for I am soooo interested in his personality...)
At first there was only that famous Gyula Benczúr's painting and several engravings, which made me very suspicious - What, no photos at the age of rapidly developing photography? (Carrie would understand me, I hope;-) Finally, however, I found a number of photos as well, which ruined such a gothic hypothesis...
I should also say that though I write in most places dates, I can't be 100% sure about them. You know, Google may lie, Wiki may lie - if some Hungarian-language sites contain only precise facts, I may misunderstand them (with my almost non-existent level of Hungarian, hehe) So if you know something certain about any pictures of these - especially about dates - then I'd be glad to learn that and correct the errors.
Anyway, let us begin with that most famous portrait by Benczúr. Dated 1884 - so the man on the picture is 61 years old.
The engravings first:
Dated 1861
Dated 1871 (and my personal favourite)
Portrait by Bertalan Székely, dated 1872
For the following two portraits don't know the artist's name
This one is dated 1875
And, finally, the photos:
Around 1860
Two photos of around 1880s
And all the other photos
Commemorative placard with the participants of Three Emperors’ Meeting in Berlin
This particular one reminds me of our adorable "Borchert in that strange hat":))))
At first there was only that famous Gyula Benczúr's painting and several engravings, which made me very suspicious - What, no photos at the age of rapidly developing photography? (Carrie would understand me, I hope;-) Finally, however, I found a number of photos as well, which ruined such a gothic hypothesis...
I should also say that though I write in most places dates, I can't be 100% sure about them. You know, Google may lie, Wiki may lie - if some Hungarian-language sites contain only precise facts, I may misunderstand them (with my almost non-existent level of Hungarian, hehe) So if you know something certain about any pictures of these - especially about dates - then I'd be glad to learn that and correct the errors.
Anyway, let us begin with that most famous portrait by Benczúr. Dated 1884 - so the man on the picture is 61 years old.
The engravings first:
Dated 1861
Dated 1871 (and my personal favourite)
Portrait by Bertalan Székely, dated 1872
For the following two portraits don't know the artist's name
This one is dated 1875
And, finally, the photos:
Around 1860
Two photos of around 1880s
And all the other photos
Commemorative placard with the participants of Three Emperors’ Meeting in Berlin
This particular one reminds me of our adorable "Borchert in that strange hat":))))