Bálint Kiss

Bálint Kiss (29 December 1802, Szentes – 27 January 1868, Pest) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist.

he attended the public schools in Debrecen and was enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 1827.

[2] He didn't receive enough orders, so he became an itinerant painter, eventually settling in Debrecen in 1834, where he painted landscapes and altarpieces in addition to portraits.

Three years later, he was appointed to be one of the art conservators at the original location of the Hungarian National Museum.

In 1846, he created one of his best-known works, János Jablonczai Pethes Says goodbye to his Daughter at the Window of the Dungeon at Leopoldvár in 1674.