Peter Michal Bohúň is one of the most significant Slovak painters of the nineteenth century, being a member, together with J. B. Klemens, of the so-called Slovak national renaissance. Originating from a Protestant family living in the municipality of Veličná, he initiated his studies at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in 1843, where he attended drawing courses.  In 1845, Bohúň began to work for the Czech patriotic lithographer, František Šír and participated in redrawing patriots’ portraits and preparing illustrations for the General Botany by the Czech botanist, J. S. Presl.  Apart from these activities, he studied also in the Christian...