HUNGARIAN (Late 17th Century). The Batthyany & Nadasd Lunettes (Pair). 1697–1698. Priscilla Susan Falkner Bury and Native American claims in

and Native American claims in a region destined to be the flashpoint of the French and Indian War

and the imperial ambitions of European powers vying for control over key oceanic crossroads

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Here we find the first printed use of the name Chesapeake

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HUNGARIAN (Late 17th Century). The Batthyany & Nadasd Lunettes (Pair). 1697–1698. Priscilla Susan Falkner Bury and Native American claims inHUNGARIAN (Late 17th Century) The Batthyany & Nadasd Lunettes (Pair) Commissioned by Adam Batthyany (1698) and Thomas de Nadasd (1697) Oil on canvas Each: 145" x 53 3 4" canvas An extraordinary matched pair of monumental lunette oil paintings, among the most important surviving artistic records of Hungary's political and religious identity at the close of the 17th century. Commissioned by two of the most powerful Hungarian magnatesboth rebel princes