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| Keywords: MorThanFeastofAttila.jpg Artwork Creator Mór Than 1870 Oil on canvas Size cm 255 176 Institution Hungarian National Gallery object history credit line accession number Fine Arts in Hungary http //www hung-art hu/kep/t/than/muvek/2/attila jpg http //www hung-art hu/frames-e html /english/t/than/muvek/2/index html PD-old-100 The scene depicted here is from fragment 8 of Priscus' Byzantine History When evening began to draw in torches were lighted and two barbarians came forward in front of Attila and sang songs which they had composed hymning his victories and his great deeds in war And the banqueters gazed at them and some were rejoiced at the songs others became excited at heart when they remembered the wars but others broke into tears ”those whose bodies were weakened by time and whose spirit was compelled to be at rest Attila is in the center; the young man to his left is probably his son Ellak or Ernach while the women at the top right and top left are his wives including his senior wife Kreka Priscus himself is on the right holding the book labeled ἹΣΤΩΡΙΑ an incorrect spelling of the Greek word ἹΣΤΟΡΙΑ or Historia Paintings by Mór Than in the Hungarian National Gallery History paintings in the Hungarian National Gallery Attila the Hun 1870 paintings in Hungary Paintings of banquets 19th-century oil on canvas paintings in Hungary | ||||
