Csornay Boldizsár - Dobos Zsuzsa - Varga Ágota - Zakariás János szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 100. (Budapest, 2004)

URBACH, ZSUZSA: Ein flämischer ikonographischer Bildtypus im italienischen Quattrocento. Bemerkungen zur Studie von Éva Eszláry

As pieces of news from the 19th century also prove, the Brunszvik-Forray Nádasdy family was always among the first to act when there was a need for patriotic donations or foundations. Not only Count Iván Forrays mother, Countess András Forray née Countess Júlia Brunszvik (fig. 47) was repeatedly referred to as "an enthusiastically patriotic woman" in the newspapers of the day, but also his sister, Countess Lipót Nádasdy née Countess Júlia Forray (1811-1863).

6 Her son's early death in 1852 left Countess András Forray shattered, and she felt it her responsibility to keep his memory for posterity. With this in mind, she published, as a posthumous volume, a splendid traveller's journal

7 in 1859 with the more than 40 pictures the Count painted during the aforementioned journey. The original paintings were lithographed by Joseph Heicke

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, an artist from Vienna, and the volume was edited by the literary man Ferenc Császár.

9 The obituary written by Császár was accompanied by further illustrations, which included, most significantly, also a lithograph portraying Count Forray (fig. 48), made by Joseph Kriehuber

10 in 1856 as a copy of a print by Miklós Barabás from 1852,

11 the year of 6 Júlia Forray raised her son, Tamás Nádasdy in a patriotic spirit and the family remained faithful to the Hungarian mentality also in rearing the second-born son, Count Ferenc Nádasdy (born in 1842). Count Ferenc Nádasdy later married Countess Ilona Zichy, and their son, also named Tamás, received a similar upbringing. The creation of the painting that depicts the meeting of Ferenc Kazinczy and Károly Kisfaludy was supported by the aristocratic ladies on Countess Júlia Forray s request (cf. Divatcsarnok 1859, no. 1, "Page of Merits"). See also: "Artists were welcome in her halls, and by them, not sparing with encouragement and sacrifice, she had the most uplifting moments of Hungarian history recorded in her gallery, so as to remind her the beauty of our nation's past. She had the best pieces of Hungarian sculpture installed in her own palace, as well as a number of notable handicrafts made with the hands of Hungarian people. Her own hands organised the historically famous library in her palace.

..", cited in Vasárnapi Újság (17 January 1864). 7 Lithographs from the "Utazási Album" (Travellers Journal) appear on the art market regularly, and several Hungarian institutions possess the entire volume: Museum of Fine Arts (SZM Grf. 30, donated by Horovitz on 9 October, 1900, inv. no. 293/1900); Széchényi Library; Oriental Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (deluxe binding); Hungarian National Museum; Hungarian National Gallery, etc. 8 Cf. Biographisches Lexikon, ed. C. von Wurzbach., vol. 8, Vienna 1862, 206; Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, eds. U. Thieme and F. Becker, vol. 16, Leipzig 1923, 251-252. "Wien, 1811-1861, Tier-, Landschaftsmaler und Litograph (...). Studierte an der Wr. Akad. 1824-26 u. 1831 und beteiligte sich seit 1834 an den Kunstaussteil, in St. Anna. Er unternahm häufige Studienreisen, verweilte 1842 in Italien, später in Ungarn und im Orient." 9 Ferenc Császár (1807-1858), lawyer from Kolgyár, Associate Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He owned and operated several newspapers and magazines, such as the Pesti Napló, Divatcsarnok, Törvénykezési Lapok, Magyar Hölgyek Naptára. 0 Joseph Kriehuber (Vienna, 1800 - Vienna, 1876). A coloured version of the print (Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, inv. Magyar Történeti Képcsarnok 6989), was prepared in 1853 by Tivadar Alconiere (1797-1868), probably after Kriehuber's work. 1 Miklós Barabás (Márkusfalva, 1810 - Budapest, 1898), Soborsini Gróf Forray Iván es. kir. aranykulcsos (Count Ivan Forray de Soborsin imp. and royal councillor), signed lower right: Barabás 852. (Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, inv. Magyar Történeti Képcsarnok 1279).