HUNGARIAN (Late 17th Century). The Batthyany & Nadasd Lunettes (Pair). 1697–1698. Priscilla Susan Falkner Bury and the imperial ambitions of

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

Signs of damp-stain to the left-hand portion of the fourth part and to the right-hand portion of the second part

Here we find the first printed use of the name Chesapeake

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

HUNGARIAN (Late 17th Century). The Batthyany & Nadasd Lunettes (Pair). 1697–1698. Priscilla Susan Falkner Bury and the imperial ambitions ofHUNGARIAN (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