Smigus Dyngus

Salve,
I hope your enjoyed your Smigus Dyngus day :)

         Vízbevető - Easter Sprinkling or Water Plunge Day  according to the XIX century Hungarian master Mihaly Munkacsy

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          this year Easter Tournament at the Royal Armouries Museum at Leeds is over, but you can always train for the next one  -
before you do,  here  there is a clip showing jouster Jan Gradon, team Poland, striking another knight Ben van Koert, team Burgundy, ending in  'pan' Jan scoring a direct head strike while 'ser' Ben a shield one, and no injuries....
Greatly trained horses, I must add ..

Munkacsy - some horses

Salve,
quickly taking this opportunity to bring to you yet another aspect of Mihaly Munkascy's art - his genre paintings  and horses

historical painting showing the settling of Hungary by the Magyars

the end of the Great Eurasian Steppe or the Hungarian puszta

the wondering gypsies (Roma)

working horses

enjoy

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Easter - Mihály Munkácsy, the Trilogy

Salve,
Easter's eve, and with this occasion I would like to bring to your attention these three paintings  painted by one of the giants of the Hungarian art: Mihaly Munkacsy.


Christ before the Pilate

Ecce Homo

Golgotha

                                                                            I wish you a very Happy Easter this year

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                                                                   to all my Jewish friends and their families:  Happy Passover
ps
interesting and quite short intro into the Munkacsy's art and life on this blog
ps'
it calls for watching Passion  again....