As we wandered rooted to the ground, so many winged creatures hovered above us.
The raven symbolic of King Matthias Corvinus. Angels, cherubs and griffins galore.
Warlike eagles. The falconer so grim he appears ready to man a guillotine.
Fantastical animals derived from their creators’ nightmares.
A contemporary breasted owl suspended above giant lips is no more whimsical than a centuries-old Icarus-type figure bearing the soles of a saint.
Budapest History Museum
entrance to City Park
Hungarian National Gallery
Kunsthalle Institution of the Hungarian Academy of Arts
Galeotto Marzio, the Italian court historian of King Matthias
entrance to City Park
raven symbolic of King Matthias
Hungarian National Museum
stained glass griffin in Museum of Ethnography
outside of Buda Castle
Hungarian National Museum
printing press in Budapest History Museum
inlaid panel of furniture in Hungarian National Museum