Count István Széchenyi

The portrait of Count István Széchenyi (Hungarian: Gróf Széchenyi István) is a monumental painting by Austrian painter Friedrich von Amerling. It belongs to the Art Collection of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, where it portrays the founder of the institution. It has the same elaborate Rococo frame as the contemporary painting of From Darkness, the Light by Johann Ender. The painting is probably the most famous portrait of Széchenyi, the greatest statesman of the Hungarian Reform Era.