KOVÁCS, Mihály
(1818, Abádszalók - 1892, Budapest)

Soldier

1848
Oil on canvas, 47,5 x 37 cm
Museum of Military History, Budapest

This painting, executed in the autumn of 1848, depicts a soldier from the 9th Battalion, nicknamed the Battalion of Red Caps. This battalion had the most revolutionary spirit during the Hungarian war of independence in 1848-49.


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