# Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LIEZEN-MAYER, Sándor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/liezen-mayer-sndor-r1f673aaac9bc12>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 262 x 186 cm

## Commentary

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary \(1207-1231\) was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Countess of Thuringia, Germany and a greatly venerated Catholic saint. She was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania. Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. She then became one of the first members of the newly founded Third Order of St. Francis, relinquished her wealth to the poor, and built hospitals, where she herself served the sick. She became a symbol of Christian charity in Germany and elsewhere after her death at the age of 24.

## Related artworks

- [Canonization of St Elizabeth of Hungary in 1235 \(sketch\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/liezen-mayer-sndor-r1f673aaac9bc12/canonization-of-st-elizabeth-of-hungary-in-1235-sketch-rfdbe6f8e104386>)
- [Faust and Marguerite](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/liezen-mayer-sndor-r1f673aaac9bc12/faust-and-marguerite-re02488fa346c2a>)
- [Queen Elisabeth Signs the Condemnation to Death to Mary Stuart](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/liezen-mayer-sndor-r1f673aaac9bc12/queen-elisabeth-signs-the-condemnation-to-death-to-mary-stuart-r0d8eff84b8a18f>)
- [Queens Elisabeth and Mary at the Tomb of King Lajos the Great in 1385](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/liezen-mayer-sndor-r1f673aaac9bc12/queens-elisabeth-and-mary-at-the-tomb-of-king-lajos-the-great-in-1385-r04a2eb3ffbe634>)
- [Venus and Tannhäuser](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/liezen-mayer-sndor-r1f673aaac9bc12/venus-and-tannhuser-r23bc96f67793e1>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)