Mary of Hungary
Esterházy Palace, Bratislava
2. February 2006 - 30. April 2006
Curator Zuzana Ludiková
The Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava and the Historical Museum of the City of Budapest will mark the 500th anniversary of Queen Mary of Hungary (1505–1558) by hosting a joint exhibition (Budapest, 30 September – 31 December 2005; Bratislava, 2 February – 30 April 2006). Mary of Hungary was raised in the Netherlands at the court of her imperial grandfather, Maximilian I and in Vienna and Innsbruck. She married Ludwig II and became the Queen of the Hungarian and the Czech Kingdoms. After a dramatic loss of her husband at the Battle of Mohács, she left Central Europe and became the Regent of the Netherlands. The exhibition tells the story of the young queen whose interest in current intellectual and spiritual discussion, music and fine art elevated her to the leading figures of cultural life. The fashionable art of her court is presented through the paintings of Lucas Cranach, Hans Krel and the graphic prints of Albrecht Dürer.
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Hans Krell: Portrait of Mary of Hungary. 1523. Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München - Staatsgalerie Bamberg
Hans Krell: Portrait of King Louis II. 1526. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie, Wien
Hans Maler von Schwarz: Portrait of Archduchess Mary. 1519. Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg
Lucas Cranach: Martyrdom of St. Kathryn. 1515. Arcibiskupství olomoucké, Arcibiskupský zámek a zahrady v Kroměříži
Wolfgang Frolich: Land Tablets of Znojmo. 1523-1525. Zemský archiv Brno, pobočka Znojmo
Bakócz monogrammist: Armorial Charter for Nicolaus Szerdahelyi Imreffi. Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest
Hans Daucher: Portrait of King Louis II. After 1526. Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest
German or Austrian Artist: Posthumus Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I. Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest
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