Portrait of a man 1875 - 1880

Gyula Benczúr's "Portrait of a Man" (1875-1880) is a realist oil painting depicting a man with a thick beard wearing a dark jacket with a red vest and a thick leather belt. The subject is a man of stature and his clothing suggests a historical figure or a man of importance. Benczúr was a Hungarian artist known for his historical and genre paintings, which often depicted the lives of ordinary people and historical figures, as seen in this portrait.