Lot No. 157


Anton Romako


Anton Romako - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Atzgersdorf 1832-1889 Vienna)
Don Juan de Austria, signed A. Romako, inscribed "Joannes Austriacus", pen and brown ink, 16 x 9 cm, mounted, framed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Dorotheum Vienna, 27th May 1974, lot 254;
collection Dr. Otto Benesch (1896-1964), Vienna;
private collection, Austria.

Literature:
The drawing is published and illustrated in: Cornelia Reiter, Anton Romako. Pionier und Außenseiter der Malerei des 19.Jahrhunderts. Monograph and cat. Raisonné, Vienna 2010, Cat. 404, p. 219; Fritz Novotny, Der Maler Anton Romako 1832-1889, Vienna/ Munich 1954 with cat. Raisonné); exh. cat. Galerie Würthle, Anton Romako, Vienna 1924, No. 56.

The present drawing goes back to an anonymous portrait engraving of 1571 and belongs to a group of studies related to a today-lost painting with the sea battle of Lepanto. It was exhibited together with eight sketches in an Romako-exhibition at Würthle in 1924 (No. 56). For further sketches related to the painting see Reiter 2010, Cats. 405- 427.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

02.10.2018 - 15:00

Realized price: **
EUR 2,750.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,000.- to EUR 1,200.-

Anton Romako


(Atzgersdorf 1832-1889 Vienna)
Don Juan de Austria, signed A. Romako, inscribed "Joannes Austriacus", pen and brown ink, 16 x 9 cm, mounted, framed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Dorotheum Vienna, 27th May 1974, lot 254;
collection Dr. Otto Benesch (1896-1964), Vienna;
private collection, Austria.

Literature:
The drawing is published and illustrated in: Cornelia Reiter, Anton Romako. Pionier und Außenseiter der Malerei des 19.Jahrhunderts. Monograph and cat. Raisonné, Vienna 2010, Cat. 404, p. 219; Fritz Novotny, Der Maler Anton Romako 1832-1889, Vienna/ Munich 1954 with cat. Raisonné); exh. cat. Galerie Würthle, Anton Romako, Vienna 1924, No. 56.

The present drawing goes back to an anonymous portrait engraving of 1571 and belongs to a group of studies related to a today-lost painting with the sea battle of Lepanto. It was exhibited together with eight sketches in an Romako-exhibition at Würthle in 1924 (No. 56). For further sketches related to the painting see Reiter 2010, Cats. 405- 427.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 02.10.2018 - 15:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 22.09. - 02.10.2018


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