| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Culture | Hungarian |
| Date | 16. century (original), 1880 (cast) |
| Object type | plaster cast |
| Medium, technique | plaster cast |
| Dimensions | 32.3 × 106 × 4.5 cm |
| Inventory number | C.167.III./2025 |
| Collection | Old Hungarian Collection |
| On view | This artwork is not on display |
The plaster cast of the tomb of Elek I Thurzó (d. 1543) located in the Basilica Saint James in Levoča (Slovakia) was made by Viktor Molnár for the Hungarian National Museum in 1880. The copy is part of the group of casts which were ordered at the initiative of Flóris Rómer, and included other copies of monuments from Hungary. Elek Thurzó was a high rank officer of the royal court. His tomb was carved in marble, the relief on the upper part portrays him praying before the cross, with his wife, Magdalene Székely of Ormosd, and their three daughters, Veronica, Anne, and Elisabeth, on his right. Below the relief, an inscription commemorates the deceased. Unfortunately, only the part of the tomb that bears the inscription has been preserved.
Inscription: SPECTABILI AC MAGNIFICO DNO DNO COMITI ALEXIO THVRZONI A BETHLENFALWA INCLYTI HVNGARIAE REGNI IVDICI CVRIAE SERENISSIMIQVE ROMANORVM HVNGARIAE BOHEMIAE EIVS GENTIS MARITO DILECTISSIMO AC AFFINIBVS SVIS CHARISSIMIS GENEROSA ET MAGNIFICA DNA DOMINA MAGDALENA ZEKEL AB ORMOSD PIA MOESTISSIMAQVE CONIVNX F. F. O COMES ALEXIVS THOVRZO ANNO SALVTIS HVMANAE MDXXXXIII. AETATIS SVAE LIII. IPSO DIE CONVERSIONIS PAVLI APOSTOLI
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.
