madness-and-gods: Part of an altarpiece of the church of Santa Maria in Vienna, painted in 1460. It
madness-and-gods: Part of an altarpiece of the church of Santa Maria in Vienna, painted in 1460. It seems the only representation of Vlad Tepes painted during his lifetime that has survived to this day. ♢♢♢ “He was not very large, but muscular. His appearance was cold and had something frightening actually. He had an eagle nose, blown nose wings, a reddish-lean face, far open green eyes; black very long eyelashes, gave them a threatening expression. He carried a mustache. Broad temples let his head appear still more massive. A bull neck connected the head, of which black, rippled/crinkled curls hung, with one broad wide body”. - Nikolaus Modrussa, the papal delegate in the Hungarian court then. -- source link