Vadas József (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 13. (Budapest, 1993)

VADÁSZI Erzsébet: Apafi Mihály tükre

levelet.."), an event that he also marks in his diary. Unfortunately he does not say more about it so we should presume that this special object arrived together with one of the Tatar delegates, and he wanted to preserve his name and the date of his capture on the mirror, for he remembered "the hard times, the terrible, crippling captivity". Further research or a restoration may corroborate our hypothesis, yet one thing is sure: the piece was by no means made either in Hungary or in Venice or Turkey; the painted flower stems, the boughs with clusters of grape together with the inner inscription Michael Apafi Anno Domini 1657 are most likely to have been added already in Transylvania, in order to commemorate the prince's captivity in Crimea. Notes 1 Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Inv.No. 78.138.1 Size: 27.5 x 47 cm 2 The wood was attributed by István Magyari while the metal was specified by Péter Varga restorers. 3 A Catalogue for the Art Industrial and Historical Exhibition organized in the Budapest Palace of Count Alajos Károlyi in May 1876, for helping the victims of the Hungarian flood. Compiled by dr. Imre Henszlmann and Abbot Zsigmond Bubics, published by Imre Szalay, Budapest, 1876 p.23, cupboard No.

201: "velenczei tükör mozgó szárnyakkal, Michael Apafi Anno Domini 1657. Ozv.gr. Batthyányi Lajosné t. (A Venetian mirror with folding wings, M.A. A.D. 1657. Owned by Countess L.Batthyányi. 4 Radvánszky, Béla: Magyar családélet és háztartás a XVI-XVII században (Family Life in 16th-17th Century Hungary). Vols.I-III, Bp, 1879-1896. Reprinted by Judit II.Kolba and Emőke László, postscript written and photos selected by Erzsébe Vadászi. Bp, 1986 Vol.1, p.23 and Vol.1, p.308, pict.85 5 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.23 6 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.23 7 Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Barokk és rokokó (Periods in European Decorative Arts. Baroque and Rococo )exhibition, Bp, Museum of Applied Arts, 1990, Cat.No. 5.39 with picture 8 Thallóczy, Lajos: Apafi Mihály udvara (The Court of Mihály Apafi), Századok (Centuries, a periodical),1878 p.518 9 Inventarium Thesauri Fraknensis A° 1725, Bp, Museum of Applied ARts, Archives 236/1957. Almárium 21-22, Sub.Nris 3. 10 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.22 11 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.22. Thallóczy, see above, p.517 12 Inventarium Thesauri Fraknensis A

0 1725, Almárium 61-62, Sub.Nris 16 13 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.22 14 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.23 and Vol.11 p.146 and 202 (inventories 74 and 80) 15 Radvánszky, see above. Vol.I, p.23 and Vol.11 p.98 (inventory 53) 16 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.23 and Vol.11 p. 102 (inventory 58) 17 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.I, p.23 and Vol.11 p.300 (inventory 130) 18 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.I, p.23 and Vol.11 p.312 (inventory 137) 19 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.23 and Vol.11 p.326 (inventory 143) 20 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.23 and Vol.11 p.291 (inventory 124) 21 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.23 and Vol.11 p.345 (inventory 151) 22 Inventarium Thesauri Fraknensis A

0 1725... Almárium Sub Nris 3-4, No.l Almárium Sub Nris 7-8, No.l Almárium Sub.Nris 21-22, No.2 23 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.23 and Vol.11 p.309 (inventory 135) 24 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.22 25 Radvánszky, see above, Vol.1, p.23 and Vol.11 p.326 (inventory 143) 26 A catalogue for the Exhibition of Budapest Amateur Collections (ed. by Károly Csányi), Bp, 1907 p.335, No.l 27 A catalogue for the Art Historical Exhibition in Vasvár County (ed. by Károly Csányi), Szombathely, 1912, p.76, Cat.No. 838 28 Radisics, Jenő: Amateur gyűjtők kiállítása az Orsz.M.Iparművészeti Múzeumban (An Exhibition