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The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Veľká Lomnica (Kakaslomnic, Szepesség) church, Slovakia, around 1317.

A larger detail of Saint Ladislaus as a Hungarian knight. Image source	A larger image of the Cuman fleeing and then wrestling Saint Ladislaus		Source: Institut Für Realienkunde
	Cuman mercenary c1300 by Angus McBride

UNKNOWN MASTER, painter
1420s
Fresco
Sacresty of the Parish Church, Kakaslomnic
The fresco cycle, from which some fragments survived in the sacresty of the Parish Church at Kakaslomnic, is one of the oldest representations of the Legend of Saint Ladislas. The paintings depicts the last episodes of the battle of the Saint King with the Cumanian: the shooting Cumanian, the wrestling, and finally the scene when the girl kills the Cumanian. The background is neutral, the landscape is only symbolically indicated. The vividly coloured scenes are painted according to the traditions of the Gothic style.

Hungarian Knight, 13th century, in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath, based on the Saint Ladislaus legend in the Velka Lomnica church
Cuman, 14th century, in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath, based on the Saint Ladislaus legend in the Velka Lomnica church

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