SZÉKELY, Bertalan
(1835, Kolozsvár - 1910, Budapest)

Portrait of Pál Rosty

1862
Oil on canvas, 132 x 106 cm
Historical Picture Gallery, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest

Pál Rosty (1830-1874) was a traveller, writer on geography, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The portrait represents a courageous man with great will-power, his appearence radiating strength. The globe and the books are the typical attributes of the beidermeier portrait painting.


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