MUNKÁCSY, Mihály
(1844, Munkács - 1900, Endenich)

Condemned Cell (The Convict)

1869-72
Oil on wood, 87,5 x 115,7 cm
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

The outlaw's life and figure was a major concern for Munkácsy ever since his childhood. It is known from his "Memoirs" that he suffered much during the years of apprenticeship and that he always wanted to see a living outlaw as a symbol of free life even if he had to wait for him under a table in the inn.


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