HOLLÓSY, Simon
(b. 1857, Máramarossziget, d. 1918, Técső)

Zrínyi's Charge on the Turks from the Fortress of Szigetvár

1896
Oil on wood, 23,5 x 36 cm
Episcopal Collection, Szeged

In 1566, in the Battle of Szigetvár a vastly outnumbered Croatian-Hungarian army tried to resist a Turkish invasion. The battle concluded when Captain Miklós Zrínyi's forces, having been greatly depleted, left the fortress walls in a famous onslaught. Approximately four hundred troops forayed into the Turkish camp. Zrínyi killed Sultan Suleiman I, before being gunned down by janissaries.




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