The European forces at left-heavy cavalry and armor-are ponderous and weary from looting and their long march.

Inspired by a photo of the first moments of the 1956 revolution, the painting depicts a jubilant, unorganized crowd of Hungarian civilians shortly after they seized a Soviet tank outside of the Hungarian Parliament in Pest.

The city, named for its white castle is today's Belgrade, in Serbia, but in 1456 it was the seat of government for Hungary and the southern reaches of the Danube. Turkey's Sultan Mohamed Julius IV besieged the city with an army of 150,000 soldiers.

As King from 997-1038, Stephen (who was canonized 83 years after his death) Christianized Hungary and gained recognition of its independence from Pope Sylvester II in the form of a crown and title, "King by the Grace of God."

Andrew II, 1205-1235, was politically corrupt and economically inept. His alienation of Hungarian nobility led to rebellion in 1213.

Mathias (1458-1490) was literally a Renaissance man: a soldier and humanist and patron of the arts, sciences, and church, he sponsored the famed Buda Picture Chronicle and united Central Europe politically and economically.

In 1526 Suleiman the Magnificent lead an army of 300,000 Turks on a quest ot conquer the world. He failed.

In 2006, when this painting was installed ni the Museum of Hungarian Military History with the other early works of the Millecentennial Suite, Hungarians celebrated the history of their heroic uprising against a brutal, Communist regime.

After its victorious Freedom Fight, Hungary was an independent, free, and neutral nation for 13 days, from October 23 until November 4, 1956.

Seven powerful tribes were the core groups that formed the Magyar people from whom emerged the Hungarian nation. They established a federation, codified a national constitution, and elected Arpad, leader of the largest tribe, as hereditary ruler of land to be obtained by common effort and shared by all. Here, in 895 C.E., he leads them across the Carpathian mountains into their new homeland, where the nation was formed in 896.

Untitled Amazon Scene by Americo Makk shows 2 huts on the river bank with trees behind them.

The Path by Americo Makk shows a woman and child in the foreground and two other people walking away from them. They are in the forest.