| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Date | between 1772 and 1774 |
| Object type | sketch for a painting |
| Medium, technique | canvas, oil |
| Dimensions | image: 31 × 19.5 cm |
| Inventory number | 6332 |
| Collection | Old Hungarian Collection |
| On view | Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor, Variations on the Baroque – Art in Hungary 1600-1800 |
Saint Stephen offering the Hungarian crown to Mary was the most common and most popular theme of Hungarian late Baroque altar painting, in which the Virgin Mary is linked to the cult of the Hungarian king, Saint Stephen. Franz Anton Maulbertsch’s small-scale work created with virtuoso technique and powerful, fresh colours was a study for the high altar of the Roman Catholic church of the village Écs. Here, Saint Stephen, shown in Hungarian attire, presents the coronation regalia to Mary and asks her to protect his country. An angel carries the regalia on a pillow, while a small putto in the lower left corner of the painting holds the country’s coat of arms. Such an attempt at an accurate representation of the cloak and coronation regalia reveals the importance placed on faithful depictions during this period.
A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria régi gyűjteményei, Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1984, 182.
Ungarische Nationalgalerie Budapest: Alte Sammlung, Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1984, 182.
The Hungarian National Gallery: The Old Collections, Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1984, 182.
Marosi, Ernő – Mikó, Árpád – Ács, Pál – Galavics, Géza, Mikó, Árpád – Sinkó, Katalin (eds.), Történelem-kép: Szemelvények múlt és művészet kapcsolatából Magyarországon:Kiállítás a Magyar Nemzeti Galériában, A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria kiadványai 2000/3, Magyar Nemzeti Galéria; Pannon GSM, Budapest, 2000.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.
