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Ignác Roskovics was born into a deeply religious family in Upper Hungary (now Slovakia). In his youth, he was fascinated by painting and painted pictures on biblical themes. In 1884, this Hungarian painter came to the attention of Franz Joseph, who purchased his painting Little Red Apple of 1885 had a successful career in prints for several decades. Alajos Hauszmann commissioned Roskovics to make full-figure portraits of the great Hungarian kings, images made into majolica tiles for St Stephen’s Hall in the workshop of Vilmos Zsolnay. His statue now stands on the Dunakorzó esplanade beside the Danube.