(Vienna 1824–1895 Tivoli)
A Shepherdess with her Flock, Mount Procinto on the left and Farnocchia in the distance, Tuscany, signed and dated And.Marko 1870, oil on canvas, 75 x 100 cm, unframed, (GG)

A similar composition was sold at the Dorotheum on 11 October 2011, lot 7.The two works only differ in the depiction of the flock in the foreground.

Andreas Marko was a Austrian landscape and figure painter and founding member of the avantgarde Staggia School. The leaders of this movement were Florence-based artists as Andreas Marko, Lorenzo Gelati (1824-1895), Serafino De Tivoli and Carlo Ademollo (1824-1911). They abandoned the Academy’s formalism to draw inspiration directly from nature, making rural scenes the subject of their paintings.
They were influenced by the Barbizon School in France. They painted the Tuscan countryside from Siena to Florence, from the Serchio Valley to the Apuan Alps.
Painted in 1870, the present lot depicts a group of goats with a shepherdess and a dog. In the background Mount Procinto can be seen to the left and the village of Farnocchia in the distance. This area of Tuscany was depicted frequently by Andreas Marko and the Staggia School.

We are grateful to Dr. Gabor Bellak for confirming the authenticity of the work on the basis of the original.